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When hackers flood a Web site with useless traffic to overwhelm the network, it is called ______.

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When hackers flood a Web site with useless traffic to overwhelm the network, it is called ______.
  • Aphishing
  • Bpharming
  • Ca Denial of Service (DoS) attack
  • Dspoofing
Correct answer: C

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a Denial of Service (DoS) attack

When hackers flood a Web site with useless traffic to overwhelm the network, it is called a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to the Internet.