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DDOS refers to a Distributed Denial of Service. In attacking a website using this strategy, a computer user will flood a targeted website with multiple requests for service, overloading the server so that requests or services are slowed or halted and the website and its business becomes inoperable.

Sophisticated users target a site by bombarding it with thousands of “zombie” machines, called botnets, that may be infected with malicious software. Cybercriminals use the attack for extortion and forcing businesses to pay them to stop the attack. Some websites use these tactics to cripple rival sites.