It's possible (although unlikely) that this _is_ a suspension.

"Tell the DDoS clowns that she's no longer employed there, they move on, after the Internet recovers from its non-linear response to this whole situation, reinstate her with a profuse apology to everyone."

I'm not sure that's better than just muscling through the DDoS, but when you can't deliver service to your customers, some folks get creative.