Case Study / Media & Publishing

Mitigated a 720 Gbps DDoS within 30 seconds during a breaking-news event.

Global News Network

720 Gbps
peak attack volume
30 sec
edge mitigation time
0
page-load impact
The Challenge

What we were called in to solve.

A global news network suffered a 720 Gbps volumetric DDoS attack mid-broadcast during a breaking news event. Their existing CDN absorbed traffic but origin WordPress instances became unreachable for editors.

The Approach

How OwlEye executed.

  • 01OwlEye anycast edge absorbed the volumetric flood across 320+ PoPs.
  • 02Origin shielding ensured WordPress admin remained reachable to authorized editor IPs.
  • 03Bot-management rules surgically dropped attack signatures within 30 seconds.
  • 04Post-incident, we deployed standing rules to mitigate the same TTPs network-wide.
The Outcome

Quantified, audited, repeatable.

Edge mitigation in 30 seconds. Zero impact on page-load times for end users. Editorial team continued publishing throughout. The attack never reached origin infrastructure.