In 2022, the estimated number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attacks in Italy was of approximately 1,800. This represents a decrease from the 2,050 attacks registered in 2021. In 2019 and 2020, the country registered the peak of DDoS attacks, with over 15,000 cyber attacks reported.
Estimated number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)* cyber attacks in Italy from 2017 to 2022
The figures are approximations. Data prior to 2021 previously published by the source.
Data for 2019 not available.
* A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) is a cyber-attack where the perpetrator uses more than one, often thousands of, unique IP addresses.
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Associazione Italiana per la Sicurezza Informatica. (March 7, 2023). Estimated number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)* cyber attacks in Italy from 2017 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/649366/cyber-attacks-ddos-in-italy-timeline/
Associazione Italiana per la Sicurezza Informatica. "Estimated number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)* cyber attacks in Italy from 2017 to 2022." Chart. March 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/649366/cyber-attacks-ddos-in-italy-timeline/
Associazione Italiana per la Sicurezza Informatica. (2023). Estimated number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)* cyber attacks in Italy from 2017 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/649366/cyber-attacks-ddos-in-italy-timeline/
Associazione Italiana per la Sicurezza Informatica. "Estimated Number of Distributed Denial-of-service (Ddos)* Cyber Attacks in Italy from 2017 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/649366/cyber-attacks-ddos-in-italy-timeline/
Associazione Italiana per la Sicurezza Informatica, Estimated number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)* cyber attacks in Italy from 2017 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/649366/cyber-attacks-ddos-in-italy-timeline/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Estimated number of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)* cyber attacks in Italy from 2017 to 2022 [Graph], Associazione Italiana per la Sicurezza Informatica, March 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/649366/cyber-attacks-ddos-in-italy-timeline/