The Luxembourg government’s web servers have been slowed to a crawl since the start of a DDoS attack Monday. The attack started around 9:30 am Monday and knocked down some 100 web servers used by state authorities and offices. The most common type of DoS attack involves sending more traffic to a computer than it can handle. It could be hours or days before everything returns to normal, IT provider CTIE says. The attacker is trying to overload or shut down a service so that legitimate users can no longer access it.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2017/03/02/ddos-attack-pummels-luxembourg-state-servers/