Problem Statement
What is a “cost-based” attack unique to cloud environments?
Explanation
In cloud environments the pay-as-you‐go model can be abused: an attacker may spin up expensive resources, trigger large data transfers, or abuse auto-scaling to incur a high cost. This is a form of Denial-of-Wallet rather than Denial-of-Service. Interview guides list it as a unique cloud threat vector. :contentReference[oaicite:4]{index=4}
