List of DDoS attacks took place during the month of August 2020.
| Date of attack | Country | Downtime | Companies Affected | Attack Details | Press Link |
| August 27 | New Zealand | 3 days | NZX Stock Exchange Broker | Sporadically disrupted network connectivity, websites, market announcement platform and trading in its cash markets. | Click here |
| August 23 | NA | 3 days | Empire Market | Reduced access speed and affected the functioning of its open-source cryptocurrency. | Click here |
| August 21 | USA | NA | Call of Duty League Championship | Delayed stream with leaked results, has put millions of dollars on the line. | Click here |
| August 20 | UK | 1 day | Myerscough College | Exam results went offline, and damaged IT infrastructure, leading to offline results. | Click here |
| August 19 | USA and UK | NA | NA | 12+ financial organizations impacted by extortion campaigns tied to DDoS attacks of maximum 50 GB/sec. | Click here |
| August 11 | Iran | NA | People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran | Website and servers overwhelmed making it inaccessible for users. | Click here |
| August 9 | Belarus (Europe) | 2 days | Central Election Commission, State Security Committee (KGB) and the Interior Ministry | On election day, attacks launched against Belarusian government agencies depriving access to people. | Click here |
| August 6 | USA | 2 days | Southern Hancock District | Virtual school, in-school work, and internet access across the district shut down. | Click here |
| August 2 | USA | 3 days | Hudson Independent School District | 10,000 requests per second, i.e. 36 million requests per hour rendered the website inaccessible. | Click here |
| August 2 | Australia | 4 hrs | Telstra NBN | The internet was down for Telstra customers as the domain name server (DNS) overwhelmed the company’s network infrastructure. | Click here |
