fax bomb

• faxbomb, fax-bomb

From fax +‎ bomb, compare mail bomb.

fax bomb (plural fax bombs)

1. A malicious act of sending faxes to someone with the intention of overwhelming the recipient's fax machine or communication, often in the form of black faxes.
   • 1995 August 14, strac...@genie.geis.com, “Re: Abuse of this newsgroup by”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5‎^[1] (Usenet):

     He has been often and consistently ill-used by some people on the nets who have used this great technology to put together anti-Ellison groups, to harrass and chivvy him at every turn; it has led to fax bombs, abusive mail, harmful rumors, even threats of various sorts, so you can, I think, understand why his feelings are not bunny-rabbit cute toward us.