DDoS attack – what does it achieve?
I spend a lot of time online and know several operators of altruistic, non-commercial forums and websites. I've often noticed that such forums/sites are attacked with DDoS attacks even though there's no real reason for it – probably some script kiddies or darknet users with too much pocket money are behind it…
But what good is a DDoS attack? Sure, the site operator gets annoyed and has less traffic for a short time, but in the cases I know of, as I said, these are privately operated websites that don't generate any profit and therefore shouldn't be of interest because they're not vulnerable to blackmail, etc. So why do people spend money to take these sites offline for a short time?
Is there something I'm not aware of? Could an attack be so powerful that the site breaks and/or goes offline permanently? Because otherwise, in the cases I know of, it doesn't make any sense…
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Well, maybe
There are many different reasons why and why an attacker chooses a target.
It doesn’t always have to be the “big thing” behind it, but it can just be “funny”.
sounds strong.
No, this is not a lasting one simply sends thousands, hundreds of thousands or millions of enquiries via bots so that the server at the end is so heavily loaded that the one who can’t answer all the answers in parallel or respond very slowly and primarily the bots instead of real users. This means that a service or resource is not accessible to users as long as the attack runs.
This is what you do rather as a sign and if necessary. To harm a profit-oriented company by preventing customers from using the service.
Is illegal to EU as well as US law, both fall into the heading Computer sabotage, and if you are intelligent enough that you haven’t hosted your server at home you also have n easy game, then you can do so with the logs etc. To pass on to the provider and they usually go against it and make more pressure than their customers. Some providers take attacks on their infrastructure very seriously.
Well, it makes sense, however, how to locate the wire pullers that use a botnet and certainly not real IPs. The clients are probably mostly Kiddies, but the attackers, on the other hand, full professionals, so you will not usually get to both 🤔
If you only knew how often Dilettante first-hand or even children or “children” sit behind it. Nix there with full professional no attacker who attacked me as a private person had any idea. There were kiddos who used the server from other providers where they usually had all their data deposited. Just like in robbers, the least of them just get away.
This too is not correct.
Well, well, whoever takes a service from the Darknet will come to 99% of it 🙈
Hello,
I have not yet heard of DDos attacks on private websites. Last year, however, very large DDos attacks against Google, Amazon and Cloudflare took place. They should then paralyze the pages and reduce profits. A permanent attack can, of course, also lead to a permanent paralysis.
I hope I could help.
LG
It doesn’t even have to be that this page was the real target of the attack. They often share servers. And if the server on which the side lies is attacked because of another side, then there’s a little bit more going down.
Or there are bored hackers who practice, test, try.
I can join you.
I think they don’t have hobbies, bored all day
So, more so that the side operators get angry and d are offline for a maximum of 4 to 6 hours, that doesn’t bring the “hook” anything?