email bomb

A denial-of-service attack that saturates the victim's email capability. Simple email bombing involves sending hundreds or thousands of messages to a person's email address. Email subscription bombing automatically subscribes victims to dozens or hundreds of electronic mailing lists, each of which sends multiple messages on a daily basis. See email virus.

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Potential Actions in Cyberspace Ping map Change or delete data Probe Distributed denial-of- service attack (DDoS) Implant malware Email bomb Erase logs Influence operations in social media Email fishing Disable critical infrastructure Access networks Damage critical infrastructure Access email Attack financial industry Steal data Attack military command and control (C2) Table 2.

Determining hostile intent in cyberspace

But party plays down Sisodia's email bomb &Yadav's supremo jibe at Kejri

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For example, during the Langley cyberattack the ID systems failed to detect substantial volumes of email bombs that crashed critical email servers.

INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS AND MULTISENSOR DATA FUSION

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