Cloudflare Deploys AI to Block 12 Million DDoS Attacks Per Second at Peak

Cloudflare's network handled a record 12 million DDoS attack requests per second in Q1 2025, mitigated entirely by AI-powered traffic analysis. The company's new AI DDoS mitigation system uses real-time traffic pattern analysis to distinguish legitimate users from attack traffic with 99.97% accuracy, maintaining sub-50ms latency even during major attacks. Cloudflare reports that AI-driven attacks using botnet orchestration increased 340% year-over-year, necessitating the AI-vs-AI defensive approach.