Frequent downtime from DDoS attacks and bot abuse

9/10 Critical

Organizations experience significant downtime from DDoS attacks, bot abuse, and credential-stuffing attempts, causing lost revenue and customer churn, particularly during peak business events.

DDoS protectionWAF
Category
security
Workaround
none
Freshness
persistent
Scope
cross_platform
Recurring
Yes
Buyer Type
enterprise

Sources

Collection History

Query: “What are the most common pain points with Cloudflare for developers in 2025?”4/8/2026

Interviewees' organizations experienced outages from DDoS attacks, bot abuse, and credential-stuffing attempts. Interviewees from retail and gaming firms said that downtime during peak events like Black Friday or major sports games caused lost revenue and customer churn.

Created: 4/8/2026Updated: 4/8/2026