Bandwidth Throttling Attack
Noun · Security & Infosec
Definitions
An attack or abuse pattern aimed at degrading service by exhausting or constraining available bandwidth rather than fully crashing the target outright. It can be used to cause disruption, performance collapse, or selective denial of service.
In plain English: An attack that slows a service by consuming or constraining network bandwidth.
Example: "The attacker used a bandwidth throttling attack that did not take the site fully offline but made it practically unusable."