eli5: What are distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks?

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I thought DDos was the same as doxxing someone, turns out I’m just stupid.

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I just got fired from my job at Dominos, and I want to get revenge. On a night that I know they’re going to be extremely busy, I keep calling them just to ask what time they close. If I’m able to do that fast enough I can overwhelm their phone lines, and people who legitimately want to order a pizza either won’t be able to get through, or will have a very hard time getting through. This is a denial of service attack.

Dominos figures out what I’m doing and blocks my number. So the next time I want to mess with them, I get all my friends to call Dominos and ask what time they close. I have now distributed my denial of service attack.

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