One in 2,000: How Attackers Weaponized Public IPv4 Addresses at Scale

This incident reveals the unprecedented scale of coordinated DDoS attacks, with attackers mobilizing 1 in every 2,000 public IPv4 addresses. It exposes the ineffectiveness of traditional IP-based defense mechanisms, showing that even small infrastructure cannot be protected by simple AS or IP blocking. For operators worldwide, this highlights the critical need for advanced bot detection and intelligent rate-limiting to combat increasingly distributed attacks.