Meanings
- Internetuncountablecriminal lawA 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.
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.)
2014 August 14, Caitlin Dewey, “Hackers have the names and Social Security numbers of Ferguson police. But should they share them?”, in The Washington Post1 more example
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.
2013 November 16, Rich Calder, “Judge: The hack with you! Computer scoundrel gets 10 years”, in New York Post, page 12
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