Question

Kevin recently discovered that unknown processes are running in the background on his company’s web server. During a performance review, he also noticed that the CPU is working at 80% during downtimes. Kevin believes that software is running in the background and causing the CPU to run at such a high percentage. Kevin discovers that his server along with several other computers in the company have been used to perform a DDoS on another website. What type of attack occurred?

Answer 1

Answer: botnet

Step-by-step explanation:

The type of attack that occurred is botnet. Botnets refers to the networks relating to hijacked computer devices that are used for scams and cyberattacks.

They're Internet-connected devices, where each one of them each runs one or more bots which can be used to steal data, and send spam.