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Political Protest
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 Virtual sit-in
A virtual sit-in consists of continuous access to one specific website by many different users at the
same time. This causes several technical problems for the server (and the line), which cannot manage
too many concurrent accesses. Thus, users wishing to access the website cannot display the
information (or have to wait a long time).
The effect of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks—just as the name suggests—is to deny
users the ability to reach targeted web sites. If you are a business whose entire existence is defined
by and conducted on your web site, that is everything. It is the Internet equivalent of a "brick
& mortar"
retailer discovering that someone has erected a wall in front of their entrance and display windows.
The result of these attacks means real financial loss for the victims. There are "hard" losses
associated
with lost sales and loss of customer access. Potentially adverse effects that we have yet to see
materialize are reduced consumer and shareholder confidence.
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