- Phishing attacks
- Ransomware attacks
- Man-in-the-middle attacks
- DDoS attacks?
I thought the answer to this would be Ransomware attacks and DDoS attacks but this was wrong.
What would be correct answer and why would Ransomware not be considered a right answer?
This is from Chat GPT. Its initial response was DDOS is the correct answer. I mentioned that the correct answer (as per above from @Ceres ) is actually Ransomware attacks. It then advised the correct answer is Ransomware attacks and gives below reasoning.
I guess as ChatGPT advises, the reason that the correct answer is Ransomware attacks is because this targets the availability of data by encrypting files and making them inaccessible until a ransom is paid. While DDoS attacks target the availability of systems or services (making a website/server unavailable), but not the data itself.
So it depends on wording:
Availability of data → Ransomware
Availability of systems/services → DDoS
Since the question specifically says availability of data, the correct answer is Ransomware attacks as per my understanding. Interested to see anyone else's thoughts on this?
Edit: came back to add to this after a while as I saw an email from someone responding in this thread 😊
