# ping flood

> denial-of-service attack where the attacker overwhelms the victim with ICMP echo request (ping) packets

**Wikidata**: [Q670204](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q670204)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_flood)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ping-flood


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013