2021 saw a 434% upsurge in DDoS attacks, 5.5 times higher than 2020. The largest percentage of DDoS targets (40.8%) was in the US Banks, and financial institutions were the biggest DDoS and DoS attack targets in the past couple of years. Every business is a potential DDoS target, but some industries and businesses are more highly targeted. The attacks today are more sophisticated than ever, and traditional security measures do not suffice. Even attacks that last for a few minutes brings significant financial and reputational damage.”]
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2022/01/reasons-why-every-business-is-target-of.html