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 fu

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.