Distributed Denial of System Attack

01 June 2017

DDoS Attack

In mid-January, Lloyds Bank came under attack after their websites were overwhelmed with millions of requests in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack preventing customers from being able to access their accounts for three days.

This prompted a response from the National Cyber Security Centre who were working with the bank to deal with the attack and it seems the systems engineers put in place necessary internet traffic blocks and averted any real danger.

This is in sharp contrast to the hacking of Tesco Bank two months earlier, in which £2.5m was taken.

And these are just two examples involving large financial institutes. The facts are, DDoS attacks are on the rise.

These are the businesses at the top of the scale. But what of smaller businesses who become the victim of such an online attack.

Here is a very useful guide as to what to do if your business becomes unable to process transactions due to the dreaded DDoS.

Aaron Pearson, Solicitor and Director, Three Graces Legal