Jiao Jan had been the Web master for Folding Squid Technologies for only three months when the Web site was inundated with access attempts.The only solution was to shut down the site and then selectively open it to access from certain Web addresses.FST suffered significant losses during the period.The company had been the victim of a(an)
A) denial-of-service attack.
B) zero-day attack.
C) malware attack.
D) cyber-extortion attack.

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The scenario describes a situation where a website was flooded with access attempts, forcing it to shut down and selectively open access. This is characteristic of a denial-of-service (DoS) attack, where attackers overwhelm a website or network with traffic or requests to disrupt its normal functioning.

Jiao Jan Had Been the Web Master for Folding Squid