2022 US midterm elections attack analysis

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This post provides a detailed analysis of WAF-mitigated attack traffic targeting election-related websites during the 2022 US midterm elections. It breaks down attack types (SQLi, HTTP Anomaly, Software Specific, File Inclusion, XSS, Directory Traversal, Command Injection) and their prevalence for both the Athenian Project and Cloudflare for Campaigns. It also analyzes the geographical origin of attacks, noting that over 95% of attacks targeting Athenian Project participants originated from the US, while 55% of attacks targeting Cloudflare for Campaigns participants originated from the US, with other countries like Germany, Canada, and the UK also contributing.