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Source: https://www.cshub.com/attacks/articles/ddos-attacks-are-the-most-impactful-threat-vector-in-apac
• 28% of cyber security professionals in the Asia-Pacific region think that DDoS attacks will have the biggest impact on cyber security in 2023
• 27% of cyber security professionals think that malicious code commits will have the biggest impact
• 24% of cyber security professionals think that key employee/role targeting will have the biggest impact
• DDoS attacks are used by malicious actors to disrupt a website by overwhelming its infrastructure with a large amount of internet traffic
• DDoS attacks can be used to target specific individuals or companies, or to cause monetary harm to companies
• On February 23, 2023, a record DDoS attack was seen within the Asia-Pacific region, peaking at 900.1GB per second
• Akami distributed the attack’s traffic across its scrubbing center, allowing the traffic to be analyzed and any malicious traffic to be removed, preventing any collateral damage
