A malicious hacker flooded an online retailer's server with millions of bogus service requests. Due to this, the Web site's server was overloaded and the site was unable to service legitimate customer requests. This attack is an example of which of the following security threats?
A) spoofing
B) sniffing
C) phishing
D) denial-of-service

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This is an example of a denial-of-service attack, as the hacker flooded the server with bogus service requests, causing it to be overwhelmed and unable to service legitimate customers. Spoofing refers to pretending to be someone else to gain access to information or systems, sniffing refers to intercepting network traffic to gather information, and phishing refers to tricking people into providing sensitive information such as passwords or credit card numbers.

A Malicious Hacker Flooded an Online Retailer's Server with Millions