Which of the following left the WikiLeaks Web site effectively inoperable in August 2012?
A)SQL injection attack
B)browser parasite
C)DDoS attack
D)botnet

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A DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack overwhelms a website or server with traffic, making it unavailable to users. This is the attack that left WikiLeaks inoperable in August 2012. SQL injection attacks exploit vulnerabilities in a website's code to inject malicious SQL statements, while browser parasites and botnets are different forms of malware that infect users' machines rather than attacking websites directly.

Which of the Following Left the WikiLeaks Web Site Effectively