Home » BBC News - Technology » technology news » VIDEO: What is a DDoS attack? VIDEO: What is a DDoS attack? Unknown 4:41 PM BBC News - Technology technology news A distributed denial of service (or DDoS) attack is an attempt to take a website offline by overwhelming it with internet traffic. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/21fOSfc Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ StumbleUpon Digg Delicious LinkedIn Reddit Technorati