coordinated attack
Timed joint offensive
A coordinated attack is an assault planned and executed by multiple parties acting in concert, whether military units, terrorists, hackers, or other actors.
The coordination may involve timing, targets, or tactics: The coordinated attack hit three government buildings simultaneously.
In cybersecurity, coordinated attacks overwhelm defenses by striking from multiple vectors at once.
- synchronizedOccurring at the same time
- joint operationCoordinated multi-party undertaking
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- assaultViolent offensive act
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
full-scale assault · shock and awe · strike · surgical strike · blitz · raid · pincer · flanking · tactical · military · battle plan · strategic · siege · onslaught · swarm · barrage · precision · infiltration
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- military operationsoffensive, marines, Desert Storm, NATO operations, raid
- military tacticstactics, flanking, maneuver, ambush, battle formations
- mob attackswarm, mob, gang up, pile on, dogpile
- Terrorismterrorism, terror cell, suicide bomber, suicide bombing, bombing
- online mobsdogpile, dogpiling, pile-on, online mob, swarming
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