On Thursday 21 August 2025 at 01:36 UTC, a search endpoint flood targeted a developer platform customer in the Middle East. The attack peaked at 727.2 million requests per second and lasted 97 minutes. Traffic originated from 2780 autonomous systems in 36 countries, predominantly a rented booter service.
| Vector | search endpoint flood |
| Peak | 727.2 million requests per second |
| Duration | 97 min |
| Time to mitigation | 0.208 s |
| Attack traffic reaching origin | 0.033% |
| Legitimate traffic challenged | 0.04% |
Timeline
The attack was preceded by a ransom note demanding payment in Monero. Request rates on the targeted routes exceeded their hourly baseline by a factor of 551 within 37 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
A brief increase in p99 latency of 39 ms during the first minute, then normal service.
Recommendations
- Review allow-listed partner ranges quarterly.
- Keep origin IPs out of public DNS history.
- Lower challenge thresholds on authentication endpoints during high-risk events.