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3. Gen Corp. recently was the victim of a ransomware attack. Which of these scenarios might describe
this attack?
a. A Gen Corp. employee clicked on an advertising link that infected the company’s IT system
with a virus.
b. A Gen Corp. clerk responded to an email from a hacker and provided a corporate credit card
number.
c. A Gen Corp. accountant clicked on a link that froze the company’s computers and required a
payment of $10,000 to reinstate access.
d. A Gen Corp. marketing consultant typed an internet address with a common spelling mistake
and was redirected to a similar website set up by hackers.

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