Blog Security Akamai Blocked 419 TB of Malicious Traffic in a 24-Hour DDoS Attack Sven H. Dummer is a Global Director of Product Marketing at Akamai. Sven is based in San Francisco. We have to assume that they are capable and willing to launch similarly potent (or even more potent) attacks on other targets. Executive summary \r\n On July 15, 2024, Akamai prevented one of the largest distributed denial-of-service ( DDoS ) cyberattacks it has ever observed against a major financial services company in Israel. \r\n \r\n The highly sophisticated, high-volume attack lasted almost 24 hours. \r\n \r\n The attacker deployed larger-than-usual resources, indicating a serious risk for future attacks. \r\n \r\n Other Israeli financial institutions reportedly suffered outages and downtimes on the same day, potentially due to the same type of attack and the same aggressor.…