DICT warns of 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 RUI

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.