3. cDOS Attacks Become Fastest Form of Protest

By 2026, citizen-led denial of service could become more commonplace.

About 37% of customers will try using a virtual assistant to interact with customer service on their behalf; for example, by waiting on hold for them. These legitimate interactions using virtual assistants will pave the way for protests.

Using virtual assistants to shut down operations will become the fastest growing form of attack.

“What we’re seeing is that now the technology has gotten such that the average person can launch a denial-of-service attack by sending [for example] multiple complaints to a review site,” he said.