In the first half of 2025, the world faced over eight million digital attacks, with Europe among the hardest hit regions, according to a recent report. Most disruptions, lasting five to 15 minutes, targeted telecommunications networks in Germany, France, Poland, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.
The United States cloud security firm NETSCOUT found that countries across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa experienced 3.2 million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks: operations designed to overwhelm websites, networks, and systems.
The growing vulnerability of critical digital infrastructure is concerning and underscores the need for coordinated international action to address these threats.
As digital attacks escalate across continents, click through the gallery to see how Europe and the world’s most vulnerable networks
are bracing for impact.