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Question:
Frank works as a network administrator with a small financial services company. He has received a pop-up window that states his files are now encrypted and he must pay .5 bitcoins to get them decrypted. He attempts to check the files in question, but their extensions have changed, and he cannot open them. Which of the following BEST describes this situation?
A
Frank's machine has ransomware.
explanation
This is an example of ransomware, which demands payment to return your data. A rootkit provides access to administrator/root privileges. A logic bomb executes its malicious activity when some condition is met. This scenario does not describe whaling.
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