DDoS

abbreviation or noun

ˈdē-ˌdäs How to pronounce DDoS (audio)
ˌdē-ˌdē-ˌō-ˈes
: distributed denial of service
In the last couple of days they've launched DDoSes on the Web sites of Visa, MasterCard, and various other entities …Farhad Manjoo
a DDoS attack

Examples of DDoS in a Sentence

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At the other end of the scale, according to Orange’s research, residential proxy networks have broadly been used for cyber espionage by Russian hackers, in social engineering efforts, as part of DDoS attacks, phishing, botnets, and more. Matt Burgess, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024 Internet Archive Breached, Taken Offline The archival Internet Archive platform experienced a DDoS attack in October that may have exposed 31 million users and took down the site for days. Pcmag Staff, PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024 While no DDoS attacks have been noted at this time, the reality remains: this cannot and should not be happening in the first place. Shankar Somasundaram, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 In Israel, a DDoS attack temporarily blocked Israeli credit card payments this week and a DDoS attack targeted payment solution company Hyp, which is used by companies across Israel, according to Behzadan. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 Nov. 2024 On the bright side, Microsoft managed to block around 1.25 million DDoS attacks, which is four times more than last year. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2024 Ideologically and financially motivated actors, on the other hand, generally aim to cause disruption with hacks like ransomware or DDoS attacks. Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 28 Oct. 2024 Simultaneously, a DDoS attack by a separate group, SN_BlackMeta, disrupted the site. Lars Daniel, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 The group has also offered to sell access to its DDoS infrastructure to other hackers: Telegram posts from the group as recently as March offered the use of its DDoS service, known as Godzilla or Skynet, for $2,500 a month. Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

2000, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of DDoS was in 2000

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“DDoS.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DDoS. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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