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You find a flash drive in the parking lot entitled "Payroll". You are curious about what the CEO earns, so you plug the device into your system and open a file. Suddenly, your screen flashes and a message appears saying you need to pay 500 Bitcoin in the next 24 hours to unlock the system and regain access to the files. What type of attack were you just victimized by? Phishing Skimming Wi-Fi hacking Ransomware

Name: you find a flash drive in the parking lot entitled payroll you are curious about what the ceo earns so you plug the device into your system and open a file suddenly your screen flashes and a 02646
Uploaded: 2023-10-31T13:27:06-08:00
Duration: 1 min 38 s
Channel: Ivan Kochetkov
Description: you find a flash drive in the parking lot entitled payroll you are curious about what the ceo earns so you plug the device into your system and open a file suddenly your screen flashes and a 02646

          You find a flash drive in the parking lot entitled "Payroll". You are curious about what the CEO earns, so you plug the device into your system and open a file. Suddenly, your screen flashes and a message appears saying you need to pay 500 Bitcoin in the next 24 hours to unlock the system and regain access to the files. What type of attack were you just victimized by?
Phishing
Skimming
Wi-Fi hacking
Ransomware

you find a flash drive in the parking lot entitled payroll you are curious about what the ceo earns so you plug the device into your system and open a file suddenly your screen flashes and a 02646

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Computer Science and Information Technology

Trishna Knowledge Systems 2018 Edition

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Solved by Expert Ivan Kochetkov

10/31/2023

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You find a flash drive in the parking lot entitled "Payroll". You are curious about what the CEO earns, so you plug the device into your system and open a file. Suddenly, your screen flashes and a message appears saying you need to pay 500 Bitcoin in the next 24 hours to unlock the system and regain access to the files. What type of attack were you just victimized by? Phishing Skimming Wi-Fi hacking Ransomware