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2024-08-13 07:35:49 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 71A565138777E90249280041BFF70D018D963EA99D33B2C582919626E34F6C7E
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A DDoS attack cannot interrupt a single stream without attacking the router. A true DDoS attack would shut down the entire site. This same issue happened back in 2023 when Ron DeSantis announced his presidential run. https://fortune.com/2023/05/25/elon-musk-twitter-ron-desantis-presidential-campaign-glitch-servers-trump/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
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