A zip bomb is a relatively small file that, when decompressed, expands into an impossibly large amount of data—often petabytes ( terabytes) or exabytes ( petabytes).
: Many email providers scan attachments in isolated environments (sandboxes) to check for such resource-heavy files before they reach your inbox. Part-66 - EASA - European Union 66.zip
Fills the hard drive completely, causing applications to crash or the OS to fail. A zip bomb is a relatively small file