So let's say you do get DDoS'd, what happens? Your internet connection is virtually unusable because it's saturated. You call your ISP and they will mitigate th

So let's say you do get DDoS'd, what happens? Your internet connection is virtually unusable because it's saturated. You call your ISP and they will mitigate the attack, most likely by just giving you a new static IP. It's not great, but it's not the end of the world either, and doesn't actually incur any risk to your data or home network. Hell, if you want to learn mitigating this yourself, open Wireshark on your WAN interface, get the attacking IPs and send out abuse reports to their respective hosts. You can clear most script-kiddie "booter" style attacks like this in a day, dismantling their botnet in the process.