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denial-of-service attack  

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  • A denial-of-service (DoS) attack is a cyber attack intended to deprive users of a resource or service that they normally expect to have. Specifically, it is an attempt to render a computer or network inaccessible to its intended users by suspending the communications of networked computers to the Internet. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crisis Management; Denial-of-Service Attack]

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