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DDoS is not hacking
Can be a component of it.
Mailing someone more letters than they're capable of replying to is not equivalent to, nor a component of, gaining access to the inside of their home.
I mean, I know JK Rowling sucks, and it's been a long time since the first Harry Potter movie came out, but it was definitely a component and precursor to Hagrid beating the shit out of that door.
To be fair, they had moved to an unsecure location that was a much softer target by that point. Can a DDOS force someone to move their services over to the equivalent of a century old, weather-beaten lighthouse in the middle of England?