Internet insights on 2024 elections in the Netherlands, South Africa, Iceland, India, and Mexico

Cloudflare Radar’s 2024 Election Insights analyzes global internet traffic changes around national and EU elections and documents multiple election-timed DDoS attacks and service disruptions targeting political, government, and news sites across several countries (notable incidents include Dutch political site attacks peaking at ~73,000 rps and large-scale French and Mexican attacks); the report highlights traffic dips during polling hours, post-results traffic spikes, industry targeting patterns, and related threat actor activity such as a FlyingYeti phishing campaign.