Understanding the Recent DDoS Attack Against Read the Docs
- In mid-to-late June 2026, Read the Docs experienced the largest and most sophisticated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in our history.
- At its peak, our infrastructure was hit with over 5.5 million requests per minute, about 100 times our normal baseline traffic.
- The incident lasted for nearly ten days, testing our infrastructure, our edge defenses, and our incident response processes.
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- In mid-to-late June 2026, Read the Docs experienced the largest and most sophisticated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in our history.
- At its peak, our infrastructure was hit with over 5.5 million requests per minute, about 100 times our normal baseline traffic.
- The incident lasted for nearly ten days, testing our infrastructure, our edge defenses, and our incident response processes.
Sources: Readthedocs