Global elections in 2024: Internet traffic and cyber threat trends

Cloudflare's 2024 Elections Insights summarizes global internet traffic shifts and election-related cyber threats during 2024, documenting widespread DDoS attacks (peaks up to ~700k rps and sustained multi-Gbps), targeted incidents against campaigns, parties, and media, government-imposed Internet shutdowns in multiple countries, and heightened election-themed phishing and spam; the report catalogs per-country traffic patterns and mitigation observations and stresses the need for stronger defenses around electoral infrastructure.