DDoS Attacks

Discussions center on DDoS attacks affecting websites, including debates over whether outages are genuine attacks, self-inflicted by high traffic, or predictable vulnerabilities, with references to defenses and past incidents.

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JSTrading Jan 14, 2025 View on HN

They are going to get DDoS's by people trying to do this haha.

rbanffy May 21, 2010 View on HN

I guess they gave themselves a DDoS...

jhou2 Oct 15, 2016 View on HN

It would probably get DDOS'ed just as quickly.

dunnevens Aug 8, 2021 View on HN

Good point on the DDOS. Didn't think of it that way.

mehrdadn Jun 26, 2019 View on HN

DDoSes are as bad as food poisoning now?

philipwhiuk May 2, 2025 View on HN

It's DDoS either way even if it's not an attack.

inter_netuser Sep 23, 2021 View on HN

It was DDOSed. Someone actually attacked it.

pinewurst Feb 27, 2022 View on HN

There's been a DoS attack going on for some time.

balakk May 2, 2016 View on HN

Probably just weathering another DDOS attack.

bartwe Jan 15, 2016 View on HN

Sounds like some tried and then get DDOSed