Question

Hackers often use a botnet to launch a ____, or a bombardment of network traffic or messages designed to overload a server.​

Answer 1

distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)

A distributed denial-of-service attack is where an attacker has multiple systems flood a target system consuming bandwidth and resources on the target system. Because of this, legitimate users of the target system are generally unable to access the system. The multiple systems used to launch the attack are frequently botnets that have been previously compromised.