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We're talking about computer hacking. So Richard, what exactly do we mean by hacking? Accessing a computer without authorisation.我们今天要谈的是电脑骇客行为。那么，Richard，我们所说的 hacking（骇客行为）到底是什么意思？就是未经授权访问电脑系统。

So why is it in the news? Well, there's been a huge attack recently – a DDoS attack.那为什么最近上新闻了呢？因为最近发生了一起大规模攻击——也就是 DDoS 攻击。

Hold on, hold on. DDoS? Which is? A Distributed Denial of Service attack. Explain what that means.等一下，DDoS？是什么意思？它是“分布式阻断服务攻击”。你解释一下那是什么吧。

We're hosted on a server.我们的网站托管在一台服务器上。

Right. It happens to be in Germany.对，这台服务器刚好位于德国。

Now, if millions and millions of people throughout the world all typed on their computer to get into our website, it would completely take the website down.如果全世界有成百万上千万的人同时试图访问我们的网站，网站就会完全瘫痪。

Because? It can't handle so many people accessing our website at the same time.为什么？因为服务器无法同时处理这么多访问量。

So is that a kind of hacking, though?那这算是一种骇客攻击吗？

Well, it is the way it was done because, obviously, you can't just get millions of people to attack a website, can you?是的，根据他们的做法来看算是。因为你不可能真的叫到上千万的人同时去攻击一个网站，对吧？

No. So what the hackers have done, they created a piece of malware.没错。所以骇客做了什么呢？他们制作了一种恶意软件。

OK, OK, that is bad software, isn't it? Yes. We've all, we've heard of viruses and worms, etc.好，好，恶意软件就是坏软件，对吧？对。我们都听说过病毒、蠕虫这些东西。

Malware is the generic term. And with this malware, they took control of millions and millions of computers. And those computers then attacked these websites.“Malware”