Case 5-1 Luke Is Frustrated as He Is Often Criticized

question 51

Multiple Choice

Case 5-1 Luke is frustrated as he is often criticized by his employer for not meeting deadlines. He decides to take revenge on his employer for criticizing him in front of all his peers.
Luke asks his friends in the organization to flood the network server by sending it unsolicited requests. He does this to avoid being suspected by his employer. This act of sabotage is called _____.

• A)war driving
• B)data piggybacking
• C)a distributed denial of service attack
• D)a brick encryption attack

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Definitions:

Hotspot

A wireless network that has free Internet access. Security is a concern because no encryption or authentication is commonly required.

Tap and Hold

An interaction technique on touchscreens involving pressing and holding down on the screen surface for a certain duration to initiate an action.

Compressing

Compressing refers to the process of reducing the size of digital data by using algorithms to remove redundancies, making files easier to store or transmit over networks.

File

An electronic container holding data or computer code that serves as a basic unit of storage.