Question

During the morning of a website launch for a new government sponsored healthcare portal, an unknown political rival, individual, or group gains access to the server. As a result, all individuals interested in accessing the website are unable to do so and instead are shown content for human rights campaigns.
What was the likely reason for the attack?

posible answer.
A) A way to gain access to the server so the hacker can come back and request ransom.


B) A testing phase for what will be a larger threat to National Security.


C) Acts of hacktivism as a way for the hacker to spread messages for their own agenda.


D) Acts of cyberterrorism so that the hacker can highlight system failures.

Answer 1

Answer:

c

Explanation:

Answer 2

The correct answer is -

D) Acts of cyberterrorism so that the hacker can highlight system failures.

• A democratic government always welcomes criticism and wants feedback from the people for the betterment of the functions and regulations.
• In the above scenario, the hacker wants to highlight the faults and loopholes the country's cyber security.
• The hacker wants the people to realize their actual worth and their human rights and should always act on them.
• Cyber terrorism is the combination of cyber space and terrorism.
• Cyber terrorism involves the attacks that are unlawful and can be in form of threats and hackings of certain computers and networks and also against the information stored in those networks so that they can manipulate the government with the information in exchange of the acceptance of their wishes.