When Your Fridge Freezes Your Website: Understanding the Chaos of DDoS Attacks

Have you ever visited a website that was so slow it felt like it was taking forever to load? It could have been the result of a DDoS attack. DDoS stands for “Distributed Denial of Service”, and it’s a type of cyberattack that overwhelms a website or online service with a flood of traffic from multiple sources.

So how does a DDoS attack work? Imagine you’re running a lemonade stand, and suddenly hundreds …

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