The attack was detected at [Time] when our security monitoring systems alerted our incident response team to unusual network activity. Upon investigation, it was confirmed that an external entity had launched a coordinated attack against our systems, aiming to compromise our security and disrupt operations.

Attackers often utilize botnets—networks of compromised computers owned by innocent third parties. When an attacker strikes, the malicious traffic appears to originate from residential IP addresses belonging to regular home users, making IP-based blocking ineffective and difficult to distinguish from legitimate traffic.