DDoSnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈdiː.dɒs//ˈdiː.dɑːs/abbreviation for distributed denial of service: an occasion when a computer network or website is intentionally prevented from working correctly, by a very large number of users sending data at the same time:
Several Internet giants were crippled by DDoS attacks in February last year.
A DDoS is a cyber-attack where the perpetrator uses several, often thousands of, unique IP addresses.
DDoS
verb [ T ] /ˈdiː.dɒs//ˈdiː.dɑːs/
In the simulation, the attackers DDoSed telecommunications networks into submission, brought down electrical grids, and bombed a gas pipeline.