500k req/s DDoS report
Layer 7 DDoS AttacksNov 25, 2025
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500k Requests per Second DDoS Report
This report, created by DiamWall, chronicles how our mitigation system successfully tackled a DDoS attack that peaked at 500k requests per second. The attack targeted one of our clients, and we were able to suppress, monitor, and record all the traffic through our mitigation system.
Attack Details:
ID: fa03ba86-92d8-4454-8cc6-1c64d4d8fdc1
Date: 25/Nov/2025:21:46:50
Total Requests: 23294230
Legitimate Requests: 0
Malicious Requests: 23294230
Suspicious Requests: 0
Flagged by Deep Packet Inspection: 0
Attack peak: 500989 req/s
Below, we have generated a graph showing the total requests during this DDoS attack.
(A gradual connection drop is an expected behavior since, when the attack is flagged, it will be dropped by our network mitigation)
