A company is experiencing a web services outage on the public network. The services are up and available but inaccessible. The network logs show a sudden increase in network traffic that is causing the outage. Which of the following attacks is the organization experiencing?
The company is experiencing a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. A DDoS attack involves overwhelming a target (in this case, the company's web services) with a flood of internet traffic, making the services inaccessible. This aligns with the scenario described where the services are up but not accessible due to a sudden increase in network traffic.
D. DDoS