A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attack is launched to bring down a site offering services to its millions of users. The malicious cyber threat actor could be a disgruntled former employee seeking revenge, a hacker looking to extort the site owner, or a foreign adversary attempting to send a message. But in the orchestrated takedown of Parler, the threat actor was Amazon Web Services (AWS).
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A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber attack is launched to bring down a site offering services to its millions of users. The malicious cyber threat actor could be a disgruntled former employee seeking revenge, a hacker looking to extort the site owner, or a foreign adversary attempting to send a message. But in the orchestrated takedown of Parler, the threat actor was Amazon Web Services (AWS).