What Does a Ddos Attack Do?
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A Distributed Denial–of–Service (DDoS) attack is an attack in which multiple compromised computer systems are used to flood a network, server or service with traffic, often from multiple sources. The goal is to overwhelm the target with so much traffic that it can no longer function, resulting in denial of service for all users. DDoS attacks can be launched from anywhere, and can cause serious disruption to networks and services.
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal traffic of a targeted server, service or network by overwhelming the target or its surrounding infrastructure with a flood of Internet traffic. DDoS attacks achieve effectiveness by utilizing multiple compromised computer systems as sources of attack traffic. Computers and other devices (such as IoT devices) are infected with malicious code, turning them into bots that can be used by cybercriminals to launch DDoS attacks. By sending multiple requests—from different sources—to the targeted server or network resource, the attack can overwhelm the targeted resource, resulting in a denial-of-service to legitimate users.