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Can anyone DDoS the whole internet infrastracture?

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Can anyone DDoS the whole internet infrastracture?

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Internet is a set of routers around the world that forwards the packages to target destinations.

Imagine a situation where some actors try to send a massive amount of data per second, and they are doing this worldwide.

Could it slow down the internet because the main routers would be busy with forwarding DDOS packages?