A global fintech company receives extortion emails threatening a severe DDoS attack unless ransom is...

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A global fintech company receives extortion emails threatening a severe DDoS attack unless ransom is paid. The attacker briefly launches an HTTP flood to demonstrate capability. The attack uses incomplete POST requests that overload application-layer resources, causing performance degradation. The attacker reinforces their demand with a second threat email. What type of DDoS attack is being carried out?

RDDoS attack combining threat and extortion

DRDoS attack using intermediaries

Recursive GET flood disguised as crawling

Pulse wave attack with burst patterns