UK election day 2024: traffic trends and attacks on political parties

Cloudflare Radar analyzes UK 2024 general election day Internet and DNS traffic, showing afternoon/evening dips followed by late-night surges as results arrived, and increased DNS interest in parties and news outlets. The report also notes multiple DDoS attacks targeting political parties in the days around the election, including a short but intense burst peaking at 156,000 rps after polls closed, while providing no IoCs or attribution.