[oauea]

Filling in a form a few times is not a DDoS attack, even if it's automated.

[bhhaskin]

Intent matters, and the intent is clearly to deny services.

[coldacid]

That and denial of service doesn't even need to be something that "clogs up" technical systems. Just making it impossible for the HR people to work by overwhelming them is still a DOS attack.

[jdauriemma]

This isn't the case, though, the intent is to disrupt their ability to hire non-union workers by submitting bad data, not by taking down their ability to ingest data in general.

[Robotbeat]

Isn’t ability to hire people a “service” in this context?