 Imagine you are trying to explain something to someone, but a group of people show up and start talking over you. Their noise builds up so much you can't be heard anymore. This method of silencing is also used in the digital world. Information online can be blocked behind digital noise. We call this a distributed denial of service attack, or in short, a DDoS attack. This method is frequently used to silence journalists, bloggers and activists, and to block messages from institutions and governments. The attacker sends repeated requests to a website so that it no longer has the capacity to answer your request or even prevent the administrator from accessing the site. The attack is a digital form of censorship, and it is easy to deploy and very effective. If you don't want to be silenced, if you want to be heard, there are two simple things you can do to be prepared for a DDoS attack and keep the site content accessible. Mirror and backup.