ParcelLearn runs a ticketing serving customers across North America. Before Deflecto, attacks meant diverting traffic to a scrubbing provider and waiting.
The challenge
Extortion emails followed by short, intense floods.
The result
- 104 attacks mitigated in the first year
- Median time to mitigation 452 ms
- 45% lower origin infrastructure cost
- Zero customer-visible outages
The invoice did not change during the biggest attack we ever had. That sold the CFO.
Head of Infrastructure, ParcelLearn
Thanks — sharing this with our on-call team.
Clear and practical, thanks.
How does the proof-of-work challenge behave on older Android devices? Any numbers below Android 10?
Verified good bots and allow-listed partners bypass challenges entirely.
Carpet bombing is nasty. Good to see a clear explanation of it.