Iiwebhusayithi ezininzi ze-arhente karhulumente eTaiwan zijoliswe yi-DDO ngoLwesibini. Ezinye iiwebhusayithi, kubandakanya nezo zomongameli waseTaiwan, zakhutshwa ngaphandle kweintanethi ngenxa yoko.
Urhulumente waseTaiwan uxela kwi-Facebook ukuba iiwebhusayithi ezininzi zikarhulumente zazijoliswe ekuhlaselweni kwe-DDO ngoLwesibini. Ngokorhulumente waseTaiwan, ezinye iiwebhusayithi zifumene amaxesha angama-200 kwitrafikhi eqhelekileyo. Urhulumente ubhala ukuba uhlaselo luvela ngaphandle kweTaiwan.
Uhlaselo lwe-ddos luza phakathi kwengxabano ekhulayo phakathi kweTshayina, iTaiwan kunye ne-United States. USomlomo weNdlu yase-US uNancy Pelosi uza kundwendwela iTaiwan ngoLwesibini kwinto ebonwa yi-China njengento ecaphukisayo. I-China ayikhange iluvume utyelelo kwaye umkhosi ubekwe elunyukweni, ngokutsho kweSebe lezoKhuselo laseTshayina.
I-China ikwajongwe kuhlaselo lwe-ddos. NgokweeReuters, abaphandi bezokhuseleko bakholelwa ukuba mhlawumbi yayingengorhulumente waseTshayina, kodwa "i-hacktivists" evela eTshayina eyenze ngokwazo. Iiwebhusayithi ngoku zibuyile kwi-intanethi.