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July 03, 2024 1:00 PM

###### First round of French election: party attacks and a modest traffic dip

How Cloudflare mitigated DDoS attacks targeting French political parties during the 2024 legislative elections, as detailed in our ongoing election coverage...

June 28, 2024 2:56 PM

###### How the first 2024 US presidential debate influenced Internet traffic and security trends

See how the first 2024 US presidential debate between Biden and Trump influenced Internet traffic patterns, email trends, and heightened cybersecurity concerns across digital platforms...

June 10, 2024 3:27 PM

###### Exploring the 2024 EU Election: Internet traffic trends and cybersecurity insights

The 2024 EU Parliament election caused declines in Internet traffic during voting and spikes during results announcements, with persistent cyber threats targeting government sites...

June 07, 2024 8:40 PM

###### Internet insights on 2024 elections in the Netherlands, South Africa, Iceland, India, and Mexico

2024 brings a global increase in election activity. Here, we highlight traffic and cyberattack trends witnessed in countries like the Netherlands, South Africa, Iceland, India, and Mexico. Additionally, we provide an up-to-date 2024 Election Insights report on Cloudflare Radar...

June 06, 2024 7:23 PM

###### Dutch political websites hit by cyber attacks as EU voting starts

The 2024 European Parliament election began in the Netherlands on June 6. Cloudflare mitigated several multi-hour DDoS attacks on Dutch political websites on June 5 and 6...

June 05, 2024 1:00 PM

###### European Union elections 2024: securing democratic processes in light of new threats

Between 6 and 9 June 2024, hundreds of millions of EU citizens will be voting to elect their members of the European Parliament (MEPs). All EU member states have different election processes, institutions and methods, and the security risks are significant...

March 07, 2024 2:02 PM

###### Cloudflare protects global democracy against threats from emerging technology during the 2024 voting season

In 2024, more than 80 national elections are slated to occur, directly impacting approximately 4.2 billion individuals. At Cloudflare, we’re ready to support a range of players in the election space by providing security, performance, and reliability tools to help facilitate the ...

November 20, 2023 2:57 PM

###### 2024, the year of elections

We want to ensure that all groups working to promote democracy around the world have the tools they need to stay secure online...

November 11, 2022 6:14 PM

###### 2022 US midterm elections attack analysis

For Athenian Project and Cloudflare for Campaigns participant websites, overall traffic volume ramped as Election Day approached...

November 09, 2022 4:41 PM

###### Protecting election groups during the 2022 US midterm elections

We at Cloudflare are proud to be able to play a role in helping safeguard the integrity of the electoral process. Through our Impact programs, we provide cyber security products to help protect access to authoritative voting information and the security of sensitive voter data...

November 03, 2022 7:42 PM

###### How the Brazilian Presidential elections affected Internet traffic

What happens to the Internet traffic of a country when an important election happens. In Brazil, the first round of the Presidential elections brought a 10% decrease in Internet traffic, but the runoff on Sunday had a bigger: 21% drop...

April 26, 2022 6:17 PM

###### Two voting days, a debate and a polling rule in France impacts the Internet

We blogged previously about some trends concerning the first round of the 2022 French presidential election, held on April 10. Here we take a look at the run-off election this Sunday, April 24, that ended up re-electing Emmanuel Macron as President of France...

April 11, 2022 5:30 PM

###### The 2022 French Presidential election leaves its mark on the Internet

What happens to the Internet trends in France when an election like the 2022 French presidential happens? Here are some answers....

February 09, 2021 2:00 PM

###### 2020 U.S. Election: Cybersecurity Analysis

As we protect many entities in the election space, we have the ability to identify, learn and analyze attack trends targeted at these sites that provide authoritative election information....

October 21, 2020 1:00 PM

###### The Cloudflare Radar 2020 Elections Dashboard

We thought it was important to provide a view into how overall traffic to campaign and elections sites is trending as well as a view into the cyberattacks we're observing. To that end, today we're sharing data from our internal monitoring systems publicly through Cloudflare Radar...