Average DDoS Attack Cost Businesses Nearly Half a Million Dollars in 2023, According to New Zayo Data

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zayo Group, a leading global communications infrastructure provider, today released its bi-annual Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Insights Report, which found a significant increase in the intensity of DDoS attacks – and their impacts on businesses – in the second half of 2023. According to new Zayo data, the average DDoS attack lasted 68 minutes in 2023. With unprotected organizations shelling out an average of $6,000 per minute of each attack, that totals a start