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A relatively unfamiliar type of bot for the general public is the “zombie” device – any internet-connected device (computer, phone, fridge, smart TV, etc.) that has been hacked and is controlled by a malicious hacker. These “zombie” devices can become nodes in bot networks, sending out billions of spam emails per day or overloading target servers and websites in what is known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack (Rodríguez-Gómez et al., 2013). Indeed, most DDoS attacks are carried out using botnets of compromised devices. This meaning of the term “bot” became common in the 2000s (Yang et al., 2014).