Answer to Question #193338 in Computer Networks for Yasir khan

Question

Do you ever see Denial of Service attacks while using the internet? If yes, share your event where you face this. If no, what is the possible event, where you would be facing this attack

Answer 1

• I experienced a denial of service attack in 2018 while using YouTube app. The loading speed reduced and finally came to a stop. Trying to reload the page was impossible as it showed a network error. The disruption lasted for about an hour after which the normal connection was re-established. The following day, a group of hacktivists known as "The ghost squad hackers" claimed responsibility for the hack by boasting about the disruption on Twitter. This is how I came to know it was a denial of service attack and not a different technical problem on the YouTube servers.