Akamai has mitigated 3 out of the 6 largest DDoS attacks they have ever seen. Two of these hit the same company on the same day, and the attackers’ goal was extort money from the target. DDoS attackers have been diversifying their efforts across geographies and industries. In 2021 alone, we’ve already seen more attacks over 50 Gbps (as of 03/24/2021) than we saw in all of 2019. The biggest attacks targeted a European organization in the gambling industry and Asian organizations in the video games industry.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2021/03/30/2021-ddos/