On Tuesday 18 August 2026 at 00:35 UTC, a Slowloris targeted a video streaming customer in the UK. The attack peaked at 916.1 million requests per second and lasted 182 minutes. Traffic originated from 1450 autonomous systems in 22 countries, predominantly a rented booter service.
| Vector | Slowloris |
| Peak | 916.1 million requests per second |
| Duration | 182 min |
| Time to mitigation | 0.047 s |
| Attack traffic reaching origin | 0.032% |
| Legitimate traffic challenged | 0.18% |
Timeline
The attack was preceded by a hacktivist channel announcing the target. Request rates on the targeted routes exceeded their hourly baseline by a factor of 80 within 6 seconds. The risk score of participating clients crossed the challenge threshold automatically and proof-of-work difficulty rose with origin load.
What the customer saw
The customer’s status page stayed green throughout; they learned about the attack from our notification.
Recommendations
- Lower challenge thresholds on authentication endpoints during high-risk events.
- Add a dedicated rate limit for the targeted route.
- Keep origin IPs out of public DNS history.