How does a denial-of-service attack work?
A.
A hacker uses every character, word, or letter he or she can think of to defeat authentication
B.
A hacker prevents a legitimate user (or group of users) from accessing a service
C.
A hacker tries to decipher a password by using a system, which subsequently crashes the network
D.
A hacker attempts to imitate a legitimate user by confusing a computer or even another person