DDoSed

Server got swamped

DDoSed means subjected to a distributed denial-of-service attack—an assault that overwhelms a website or server with traffic from many sources simultaneously, making it inaccessible to legitimate users.

The term functions as a verb: The company's servers got DDoSed during the product launch.

Being DDoSed can take a site offline for hours or days.

attack

botnet

Remotely controlled infected computers

trafficMovement along routes
floodOverwhelming water overflow
overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume

packets · bandwidth · requests · zombie · amplification · reflection · volumetric · UDP · HTTP · payload

outage

downtime

Period of non-operation

unavailableCannot be accessed
crashedSuddenly failed or slept
offlineNot internet-connected

unresponsive · timeout · overloaded · capacity · website · disruption · inaccessible · latency · degraded · slowdown

mitigation

Cloudflare

Web security and performance company

scrubbingCleaning by rubbing hard
filteringSelective passage of elements
rate-limitingConstraining maximum throughput

blackholing · CDN · firewall · challenge · absorption · rerouting · failover · redundancy · protection · shield

slang

rekt

Slang for demolished

nukedHeated by microwave
hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
slammedClosed with violent force

flooded · brigaded · mobbed · swarmed · overwhelmed · targeted · hit · attacked · griefed · trolled

Opposites

service availability

DDoSedonline

Network-connected state

operational · accessible · up · available · running

attack type

DDoSedhacked

Gained unauthorized access

breached · infiltrated · compromised · phished · pwned

Family

DDoS, DDoSing

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Negative · Rated G