pizzabombing

English

Etymology

pizza +‎ bombing.

Noun

pizzabombing (uncountable)

  1. (Internet, Internet slang, criminal law) A form of harassment involving the coordinated mass-ordering of unwanted delivery food (typically pizza) to a target's address, often intended to humiliate livestreamers or cause financial loss to restaurants.
    • 2013 November 16, Rich Calder, “Judge: The hack with you! Computer scoundrel gets 10 years”, in New York Post, page 12:
      Minutes later, a self-proclaimed cybercriminal claiming to be a Hammond victim – but actually a supporter – spent 10 minutes telling the judge how Anonymous members are terrorizing him and his parents with various fast-food-ordering pranks like "pizza bombing," as well as "swatting," a term used for making bogus 911 calls so SWAT or other emergency crews respond to a targeted location.
    • 2014 August 14, Caitlin Dewey, “Hackers have the names and Social Security numbers of Ferguson police. But should they share them?”, in The Washington Post:
      From there, more shadowy characters, none of them named – even, in most cases, among themselves – will publicize the information, max out the officer's credit card or order 100 pizzas to his house. (That little stunt is called pizza-bombing, and it's a lot less fun than it sounds.)
    • 2024 May 14, Sebastian Milpetz, t3n.de‎[1]:
      Pizzabombing ist eher eine harmlose Variante des Swatting... Streamer:innen werden besonders oft Opfer dieser Aktion, denn im Livestream können die Täter die Reaktion ihrer Ziele in Echtzeit beobachten.
    • 2024 May 14, Daniel Laufer, Tagesschau‎[2]:
      Die beiden wurden Opfer eines sogenannten Pizzabombings: Cyberkriminelle bestellen Essen im Namen ihrer Ziele und an deren Adressen. Was nach einem harmlosen Streich klingen mag, wird zum Akt der Demütigung.

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