How to Report DDoS Attacks

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Monitor your network traffic.. Determine when the attack began and ended.. Identify the type of traffic flooding your website.

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1

Monitor your network traffic.

Step 1

Monitor your network traffic.

2

Determine when the attack began and ended.

Step 2

Determine when the attack began and ended.

3

Identify the type of traffic flooding your website.

Step 3

Identify the type of traffic flooding your website.

4

Make copies of any communication sent to you by the attackers.

Step 4

Make copies of any communication sent to you by the attackers.

5

Contact your web hosting service if you do not host your own website.

Step 5

Contact your web hosting service if you do not host your own website.

6

Call your internet provider if you do host your own web servers.

Step 6

Call your internet provider if you do host your own web servers.

7

Explain that you are currently the victim of a DDoS attack.

Step 7

Explain that you are currently the victim of a DDoS attack.

8

Follow the provider's instructions to mitigate the attack.

Step 8

Follow the provider's instructions to mitigate the attack.

9

File a report with law enforcement if you lost money in the attack.

Step 9

File a report with law enforcement if you lost money in the attack.

10

Provide information about the attack.

Step 10

Provide information about the attack.

11

Explain why you think you were attacked.

Step 11

Explain why you think you were attacked.

12

Include any correspondence you had with the attackers.

Step 12

Include any correspondence you had with the attackers.

13

Discuss how the attack affected your business or website.

Step 13

Discuss how the attack affected your business or website.

14

Wait for a response from the investigators.

Step 14

Wait for a response from the investigators.

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