--- title: Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on... description: Geopolitically motivated DDoS attacks on publishers have surged, driven by conflicts in Ukraine and Iran and major sporting events like the World Cup. Attack... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/two-wars-and-a-world-cup-lead-to-epic-ddos-attacks-on-publishers-ktvctetqy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on publishers | daily.dev og:description: Geopolitically motivated DDoS attacks on publishers have surged, driven by conflicts in Ukraine and Iran and major sporting events like the World Cup. Attack... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/two-wars-and-a-world-cup-lead-to-epic-ddos-attacks-on-publishers-ktvctetqy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ktVCteTQy.png og:image:alt: Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on publishers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on publishers **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Geopolitically motivated DDoS attacks on publishers have surged, driven by conflicts in Ukraine and Iran and major sporting events like the World Cup. Attack traffic has reached 1 Tbps levels, representing a 519 percent increase. The piece covers how real-world events are increasingly being used as pretexts for large-scale distributed denial-of-service campaigns targeting media organizations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much have DDoS attack volumes grown recently and what is driving the increase? DDoS traffic has surged 519 percent, reaching 1 Tbps levels. The growth is driven by geopolitically motivated attacks tied to real-world events including the wars in Ukraine and Iran and the FIFA World Cup, with publishers and media organizations being primary targets of these campaigns. _Teams defending against DDoS spikes during geopolitical flashpoints track threat intelligence on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Cybercrime up 245% since the start of the Iran war](https://daily.dev/posts/cybercrime-up-245-since-the-start-of-the-iran-war-jjxslep6z) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [DDoS Attack Trends in 2026: Scale, Precision, and the Gaps in Between](https://daily.dev/posts/ddos-attack-trends-in-2026-scale-precision-and-the-gaps-in-between-6q2jgdijc) · Security Boulevard · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/two-wars-and-a-world-cup-lead-to-epic-ddos-attacks-on-publishers-ktvctetqy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Two wars and a World Cup lead to epic DDoS attacks on publishers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/two-wars-and-a-world-cup-lead-to-epic-ddos-attacks-on-publishers-ktvctetqy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/two-wars-and-a-world-cup-lead-to-epic-ddos-attacks-on-publishers-ktvctetqy"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T15:33:31.930Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T15:34:35.362Z","description":"Geopolitically motivated DDoS attacks on publishers have surged, driven by conflicts in Ukraine and Iran and major sporting events like the World Cup. 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