Link11 Releases European Cyber Report 2026: DDoS Attacks Become a Constant Threat

• 12,388 minutes of continuous attacks – more than eight days straight
• 509 terabytes of cumulative attack volume
• 70% of companies targeted in an initial attack are hit again

Link11 has published its European Cyber Report 2026, revealing that DDoS attacks reached a new level in 2025 and have become a permanent stress factor for digital infrastructures.

The report shows that the number of documented attacks in the Link11 network rose by 75% in 2025, following explosive growth in the previous year (+137%). This establishes DDoS attacks as a permanent structural burden for companies and critical infrastructures in Europe.

Record values: Terabit attacks have become common. While a single 1.4 Tbit/s attack was considered exceptional in 2024, three attacks surpassing 1 Tbit/s were recorded in 2025. The strongest attack measured was 1.33 Tbit/s, with over 120 million packets per second.

A coordinated series of attacks totaled ...