A threat actor uses a Smurf attack to overwhelm a target host. What type of threat is this?

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A threat actor uses a Smurf attack to overwhelm a target host. What type of threat is this?

TCP SYN flood attack
MAC address spoofing attack
Amplification and reflection attack
UDP flood attack

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