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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