A company pays a significant sum of money to hackers in order to regain control of an email and data server. Which type of security attack was used by the hackers?

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A company pays a significant sum of money to hackers in order to regain control of an email and data server. Which type of security attack was used by the hackers?

DoS
spyware
Trojan horse
ransomware

Explanation: Ransomware involves the hackers preventing user access to the infected and controlled system until the user pays a specified amount.

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