Question 1

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?

Accepted Answer

Look for the keywords 'encrypted' and 'demanding payment'. This is the hallmark of ransomware.

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this ACCA question?

Accepted Answer

Choosing Phishing, which might be the *method* used to deliver the ransomware, but the attack itself is Ransomware.

How to approach this question

Full Answer

Common mistakes

Practice the full ACCA BT — Business & Technology Practice Exam 3

More questions from this exam