DDoS attacks, hard, but not impossible, to stop
Social networks have been the subject of many recent virus attacks including attacks by the blogger Cyxymu, who infected millions on Twitter, LiveJournal, and Facebook.
Since then many people have incorrectly commented that DDoS attacks cannot be prevented.
However, while it is hard to stop the appearance of validity created by the fake credentials that hackers can use when they hijack information via botnets, it is possible for web organisations to still protect themselves against DDos attacks according to Wick Hill Group Specialist Ian Kilpatrick.
Kilpatrick stated that online sites such as gaming sites that continue to run even after DDoS attacks are launched, prove that such attacks can be prevented. The attacks are formed when valid traffic floods a service until there is not enough bandwidth for the service to stay live.
