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ACCA · Question 13 · Business & Technology
Section A
"HealthTrust Hospital" recently suffered a severe cyber-attack. Malicious software infiltrated their network, encrypted all patient records, and displayed a message demanding payment in Bitcoin to restore access to the files.
What specific type of cyber-security threat did HealthTrust Hospital experience?
Section A
"HealthTrust Hospital" recently suffered a severe cyber-attack. Malicious software infiltrated their network, encrypted all patient records, and displayed a message demanding payment in Bitcoin to restore access to the files.
What specific type of cyber-security threat did HealthTrust Hospital experience?
Answer options:
A.
Phishing
B.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
C.
Ransomware
D.
Spyware
How to approach this question
Look for the keywords 'encrypted' and 'demanding payment'. This is the hallmark of ransomware.
Full Answer
C.Ransomware✓ Correct
Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system or files (usually via encryption) until a sum of money is paid.
Common mistakes
Choosing Phishing, which might be the *method* used to deliver the ransomware, but the attack itself is Ransomware.
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