In less than a decade, cybersecurity has become a critical systemic issue for the world economy. Building cyber resilience is growing more complex and costly, and building resilience is more difficult. For ISPs and hosting providers, uptime is paramount, and every minute of downtime equals money lost. Carpet bombing is an example of an attack type that is becoming ubiquitous due to the easy availability of cheap DDoS services on the Dark Web. The rapidly expanding Internet of Things (IoT) might also explain the rise in carpet bombing, since most devices are poorly protected against hostile takeovers.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/under-attack-hosting-internet-service-providers