This is how DDoS attacks can impact you.
For many people, a DDoS attack sounds like something out of a movie or a kind of cybercrime that only affects governments or major corporations. But when these attacks hit internet providers, the impact is often felt by the ordinary person trying to work, meet deadlines, bank, stream or simply stay connected online.
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack happens when hackers flood a website, app or network with massive amounts of fake traffic until the system becomes overloaded. The result is that legitimate users are unable to access services, with websites slowing down, crashing or going completely offline.
According to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), DDoS attacks can disrupt access to websites, banking systems, email platforms and other essential online services.
South Africa recently experienced a wave of these attacks targeting several major internet service providers, including 1-Grid, Seacom, Xneelo and Network Platforms.
