Andrew, a writer, noticed that his blog was filled with repetitive advertisements and surveys that prevented him from accessinghis blog and editing an article. Which of the following has caused this problem?
a. A rootkit
b. A distributed denial-of-service attack
c. A logic bomb attack
d. A cyberespionage incident
b. A distributed denial-of-service attack
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is one in which a malicious hacker takes over computers via the Internet and causes them to flood a target site with demands for data and other small tasks. A distributed denial-of-service attack does not involve infiltration of the targeted system. Instead, it keeps the target so busy responding to a stream of automated requests that legitimate users cannot get through to the target computer.
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a) procedure b) data structure c) class d) array e) Both b and d.