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 floods his organization's server with multiple requests so that the server can no longer handle genuine requests. This impacts the productivity of the organization. This act of sabotage is called _____.
A) a denial of service attack
B)Wi-fi piggybacking
C)war driving
D)a brick breaking attack

Question

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 floods his organization's server with multiple requests so that the server can no longer handle genuine requests. This impacts the productivity of the organization. This act of sabotage is called _____.
A) a denial of service attack ​
B)Wi-fi piggybacking
C)war driving
D)a brick breaking attack

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Luke's actions describe a denial of service attack, where multiple requests are sent to a server to overload it and prevent it from handling legitimate requests.

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