denial-of-service
Americanadjective
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Origin of denial-of-service
First recorded in 1970–75
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On Saturday, a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS, attack struck Budapest Pride’s official webpage shortly before noon.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 15, 2023
It’s not entirely clear how far-reaching the damage of the attacks has been, but the combination of ransomware and distributed denial-of-service seems to have had a fairly profound impact on day-to-day life in the country.
From Slate • Sep. 12, 2022
On Saturday, it withdrew the remaining free services, which fend off denial-of-service attacks and speed content delivery by making copies of the site in many locations.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2022
On Feb. 15 and 16, Ukrainian banks suffered major denial-of-service attacks, meaning their websites were rendered inaccessible.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2022
Among the threats they are preparing for: ransomware and malware attacks; denial-of-service attacks that take down websites; and data wiping and theft, possibly simultaneously.
From Reuters • Feb. 27, 2022
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