It's not pleasant to be on the receiving end of a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
Malicious hackers can commandeer thousands of computers around the world, and order them to deluge a website with traffic - effectively clogging it up, preventing others from reaching the site, and bringing the website to its knees.
As described before, DDoS attacks are the equivalent of "15 fat men trying to get through a revolving door at the same time" - nothing can move.
For instance, in the UK, anti-DDoS laws have been in place since 2006 and could result in you being sent to jail for up to ten years. Similar laws have also been present in Sweden since 2007.
It's the same story in the USA, where they take a tough line on those who engage in denial-of-service attacks against websites. For instance, last year saw the jailing of a man who launched a DDoS attack against the Scientology website.
Malicious hackers can commandeer thousands of computers around the world, and order them to deluge a website with traffic - effectively clogging it up, preventing others from reaching the site, and bringing the website to its knees.
As described before, DDoS attacks are the equivalent of "15 fat men trying to get through a revolving door at the same time" - nothing can move.
For instance, in the UK, anti-DDoS laws have been in place since 2006 and could result in you being sent to jail for up to ten years. Similar laws have also been present in Sweden since 2007.
It's the same story in the USA, where they take a tough line on those who engage in denial-of-service attacks against websites. For instance, last year saw the jailing of a man who launched a DDoS attack against the Scientology website.
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