Shield is a BGP-based blackhole routing service that enables real-time threat intelligence and upstream traffic filtering for individual routers, similar to enterprise ISP capabilities, available for $59/month with a 14-day free trial and setup in minutes without manual approval.
On August 11, 2026, a customer of Nine (an ISP) and Nine's own infrastructure were targeted by a massive DDoS attack peaking at 500–600 Gbit/s, involving the CECbot and Katana botnets using UDP amplification techniques. The attack occurred in waves over three days, affecting multiple services, but caused no data breach or system compromise; mitigation required upstream providers to implement blackholing since the attack volume exceeded Nine's own network capacity.