mail bomb
Postal explosive device
A mail bomb is an explosive device sent through postal mail, designed to detonate when the package is opened.
The term also applies to a digital attack—flooding an email inbox with massive volumes of messages to overwhelm and disable it: Someone mail bombed the company's customer service address.
As a verb: to mail bomb.
- spammingMass unsolicited messaging
- cybercrimeIllegal digital conduct
- denial of serviceAttack disabling network access
- overloadBurden beyond capacity
- maliciousMeaning to do harm
virus · unsolicited · hazardous materials · return to sender · flood · hoax · threat · Unabomber · Ted Kaczynski · detonator · disruption · explosive · suspicious package · white powder · phishing · sabotage · worm · bulk
- email securityspam folder, spam, spam filters, encryption, allowlist
- bombingsIED, firebombing, bunker buster, air raid, blitz
- Explosivesdynamite, grenade, TNT, C-4, land mine
mail bombcyberattack
Malicious digital intrusion
drone strike · hacking · ransomware · computer virus · denial-of-service attack
mail bombcare package
Supportive gift shipment
love letter · greeting card · relief supplies · birthday present · thank-you note
mail, bomb, mails, mailed, mailing, mailer, mailman, mailbox, airmail