A DDoS attack stands for “denial of service” attack, where the bad guys try to overwhelm a network or server with a ton of traffic. This will typically cause whatever they hit, like your website, online platform, or application, to crash.
The server can’t handle the traffic, resulting in total system shutdown, corrupted data, and exhausted or misdirected resources. It becomes unavailable, thereby restricting legitimate users’ access.

So, how does a DDoS attack work? It starts with several bots working together to form what’s called a botnet. The bots then target a website or application simultaneously, overloading the server with traffic and causing it to crash, much like with a DoS attack.

The main difference is that DDoS is bigger and faster, but at the heart, they are both pretty much the same and sometimes the terms are even used interchangeably.

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