How K–12 School Districts Can Prevent DDoS Attacks

Along with a rise in ransomware attacks and phishing scams, school districts are facing a new threat: distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These cyberthreats halt districts’ ability to perform functions online by flooding the target systems with a high volume of requests simultaneously. In an age where schools rely on the internet for everything from teaching and attendance taking to managing school lunches, these shutdowns can cause major disruptions.
While in some instances the disruption is perpetrated by professional threat actors, schools are increasingly finding their own …

Rasbora.dev:
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Mariella Moon / Engadget:
Blizzard President Mike Ybarra says Overwatch 2 is “experiencing a mass DDoS attack” on its servers, preventing hundreds of users from joining the game’s launch  —  Overwatch 2’s early access launch has been marred by a few bugs and a massive DDoS attack preventing players from getting into the game.

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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William Turton / Bloomberg:
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