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What is a DDoS Attack?

What is a DDoS Attack

The internet just might be one of the greatest inventions of our generation. With that greatness comes many drawbacks that pose a direct threat to your business and personal information. One of the most common exploits plaguing the internet today is the dreaded DDoS attack. Short for distributed denial of service, a DDoS occurs when a number of compromised computers attack a single targeted system. The result is a denial of service for anyone attempting to use the victimized system. By flooding a computer or web server with incoming messages, the machine is forced to shut down, thus denying service to even legitimate users.
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