In 2000, Hackers Broke into Hundreds of Servers and Planted

question 13

Multiple Choice

In 2000, hackers broke into hundreds of servers and planted Trojan horse .exe programs, which were then used to launch a barrage of service requests in a concerted attack at e-commerce websites, such as Yahoo! and eBay. This is an example of a distributed ________________ attack.

• A) acceptance of service
• B) denial of service
• C) zombie
• D) Trojan virus

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Definitions:

Opportunity Cost

The cost of an alternative that must be forgone in order to pursue a certain action, essentially the benefits you could have received by taking another course of action.

EVA

Economic Value Added, a measure of a company's financial performance based on the residual wealth calculated by deducting its cost of capital from its operating profit.

Operating Income

This metric reflects the profits earned from a company's core business operations, excluding non-operating income and expenses.

Cost Of Capital

The essential return rate an enterprise has to produce on its investment activities to sustain its market assessment and appeal to investors.