DICT monitoring possible internet traffic flood on Nov. 5

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) warned on Sunday, Nov. 2 of an internet traffic flood that may occur on Nov. 5, which could cause some websites or mobile applications to load slowly or become temporarily inaccessible.

- By ELLALYN DE VERA-RUIZ

In a social media post, the DICT explained that a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) or traffic flood is like a traffic jam on the internet, where hackers simultaneously send excessive requests to a website or app, overwhelming it with data and causing it to slow down or fail to load.

The agency assured the public that such an incident is not a data breach.