--- title: My Cat Alerted Me to a DDoS Attack | daily.dev description: A software engineer recalls how their cat alerted them to a DDoS attack, leading to the implementation of security measures to handle the issue. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/my-cat-alerted-me-to-a-ddos-attack-jrv2f6dlw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My Cat Alerted Me to a DDoS Attack | daily.dev og:description: A software engineer recalls how their cat alerted them to a DDoS attack, leading to the implementation of security measures to handle the issue. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/my-cat-alerted-me-to-a-ddos-attack-jrv2f6dlw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JRv2f6DLW.png og:image:alt: My Cat Alerted Me to a DDoS Attack og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My Cat Alerted Me to a DDoS Attack **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 3 min read · 39 upvotes · 6 comments ## Summary A software engineer recalls how their cat alerted them to a DDoS attack, leading to the implementation of security measures to handle the issue. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@vetler** · 12 upvotes > CatOps **@ghost** · 2 upvotes > Crazy what cats know.... **@noricode** · 0 upvotes > this is awesome **@hvk500** · 0 upvotes > Cute **@chrscrsh** · 0 upvotes > Nice story! 😄 ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 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