When a hacker floods a web server with millions of bogus service requests so that it cannot service legitimate requests, this is called a denial-of-service attack.

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This is the correct definition of a denial-of-service (DoS) attack where a hacker overwhelms a web server with bogus requests, making it impossible for the server to handle legitimate requests.

When a Hacker Floods a Web Server with Millions of Bogus