The employees and residents of Ciscoville cannot access the Internet or any remote web-based services. IT workers quickly determine that the city firewall is being flooded with so much traffic that a breakdown of connectivity to the Internet is occurring. Which type of attack is being launched at Ciscoville?
- Trojan horse
- reconnaissance
- DoS
- access
Answers Explanation & Hints: A DoS (denial of service) attack prevents authorized users from using one or more computing resources.