Elon Musk Flags "DDoS Attack" On X. What Is It?
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk flagged a "massive DDoS attack" on X that disrupted the airing of his interview with former US president Donald Trump
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Musk's interview with Trump this morning marked the former president's return to X (formerly Twitter)
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DDoS is a distributed denial-of-service attack. Cybersecurity firm Fortinet has termed it a cybercrime
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It is a cybercrime in which the attacker floods a server with internet traffic to prevent users from accessing connected online services, per the Fortinet
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One of the biggest issues with identifying a DDoS attack is that the symptoms are not unusual
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Many of the symptoms are similar to what technology users encounter every day, including slow upload or download performance speeds
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It also includes a dropped internet connection, unusual media and content, or an excessive amount of spam
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A DDoS attack may last anywhere from a few hours to a few months, and the degree of attack can vary
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