During a major hurricane, a company’s data center floods, destroying servers and causing days of downtime. Which type of threat caused this disruption?
An attacker sneaks into a school’s utility room and flips off the circuit breaker to the server closet. Teachers suddenly lose access to the school Wi-Fi. Which vulnerability was exploited?
A cleaning contractor is left alone in an office and notices unlocked file cabinets containing employee Social Security numbers. They take photos of several records. What kind of risk is this?
An intruder plugs a small USB device into a company’s receptionist computer. Later, the device begins recording every keystroke entered. Which vulnerability did the attacker exploit?
A wildfire destroys a regional internet service provider’s main facility, leaving thousands of customers without online access. Which consequence best describes this situation?
An employee notices that their desktop computer has been completely smashed during a break-in, leaving them unable to access stored files or software. Which consequence occurred?
A hacker gains entry to a company’s office after hours and copies confidential blueprints from an unlocked laptop. What type of attack does this represent?
A vandal damages an electrical substation that supplies power to a hospital, causing critical systems to go offline. What is the primary impact of this attack?