{"id":30963,"date":"2023-07-07T11:40:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T11:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esecurityplanet.com\/?p=30963"},"modified":"2023-07-19T20:50:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T20:50:20","slug":"how-can-you-tell-if-youve-been-ddosed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esecurityplanet.com\/networks\/how-can-you-tell-if-youve-been-ddosed\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Tell If You’ve Been DDoSed: 5 Signs of a DDoS Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mention the acronym DDoS to a web admin and they’ll likely break out in a cold sweat. DDoS, or Distributed Denial of Service attacks, are some of the most malicious and difficult-to-stop network attacks that can be launched against a website or any other DDoS-susceptible service, such as a SaaS platform. These attacks occur when multiple compromised systems send a flood of requests to targeted servers to overwhelm and crash it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how can you tell if your organization is under a DDoS attack<\/a> \u2014 rather than experiencing a viral surge in website traffic \u2014 and are there early warning signs that can help you respond to DDoS attacks faster?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re experiencing a DDoS attack, see How to Stop DDoS Attacks in Three Stages<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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