Cyber Siege: Malicious Attacks on Non-Profits Soar by 241% – Cloudflare’s Project Galileo Stands Guard
Project Galileo by Cloudflare has seen a 241% surge in attacks, blocking an average of 325.2 million daily. Journalists took the brunt with 97 billion hits. It’s like cybercriminals are saying, “Let’s give them something to write about!”
Hot Take:
Cloudflare’s Project Galileo is like the cyber Avengers, heroically defending the little guys from an army of malicious bots with a vengeance. Forget the Hulk; here comes the SQL Slayer, the XSS Eliminator, and the DDoS Defender, fighting off 108.9 billion attacks with a flick of their digital wrist. Who knew cybersecurity could be this epic?
Key Points:
– Cloudflare’s Project Galileo provides free cybersecurity to resource-lacking organizations, mainly non-profits.
– Organizations supported by the project experienced a 241% increase in malicious attacks over the last year.
– The company blocked an average of 325.2 million attacks per day.
– Journalists and human rights organizations were the top targets for these attacks.
– Notable attacks include a 28 billion request assault on the Belarusian Investigative Center in a single day.