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Email bomb

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000380

A malicious act of sending a massive volume of email messages to a specific address or server with the intent to overwhelm it, causing it to crash or become unusable. This can be achieved by sending a large number of messages simultaneously or by subscribing the target to numerous mailing lists. Email bombing is a form of denial-of-service attack.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000380
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectInternet
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000380",
  "term": "Email bomb",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A malicious act of sending a massive volume of email messages to a specific address or server with the intent to overwhelm it, causing it to crash or become unusable. This can be achieved by sending a large number of messages simultaneously or by subscribing the target to numerous mailing lists. Email bombing is a form of denial-of-service attack.",
  "subject": "Internet",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/email-bomb/"
}

Record 419 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.