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That's the first 'D' in DDoS - distributed.

Most robots participating in this are unwitting. It's incredibly unlikely someone is paying... even with stolen funds.

Often a sort of malware that more or less sits dormant until command/control sends a target to attack

edit: To the individual machine, not a lot. The sum total is where the denial of service comes in - everything has a tipping point.



These days even peoples iot washing machines are being found to be participating in ddos attacks.




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