BAKU — September 5, 2025
Azerbaijan faced DDoS activity on virtually every day of the first half of 2025, the Special Communication and Information Security Service said.
Speaking at the 6th Summit of IT Services of State Institutions in Baku, department head Tural Mammadov said the aggregate attack throughput reached 300 Tbit/s.
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By the numbers (H1 2025):
18 high-intensity incidents at ≥1 Gbit/s
262.92 million malicious redirects blocked across AzStateNet
12.3 million+ infected files stopped by the central AV system
61,482 malicious electronic documents neutralized by sandbox defenses
Mammadov said defensive measures are being continuously upgraded as threat volumes and tactics evolve.
