Major DDoS Attack Averted (Feb 15–16, 2026)
We have successfully mitigated a highly coordinated DDoS campaign targeting the Runaki portal on 15–16 Feb 2026, with around 10 consecutive attack waves peaking at ~180 Gbps each, generated from thousands of globally distributed IPs and millions of automated requests. DIT activated its incident response immediately, applying layered defenses (real-time detection and filtering, rate limiting and geo-controls where applicable), coordinating upstream blocking with the ISP, and routing the service behind cloud DDoS protection (including a public IP change) to sustain availability throughout the incident.