A DDOS Attack Works By

question 17

Multiple Choice

A DDOS attack works by:

• A)changing the passwords to critical system accounts so that they become unusable
• B)overwhelming organizational information resources with a multitude of junk network traffic sent from a collection of compromised devices
• C)encrypting the data on a drive so that it becomes unreadable
• D)compromising banking credentials so that the perpetrator can liquidate accounts

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