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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Assignment

   

Added on  2020-05-28

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Running head: Ethics: WANNA CRY RANSOMWARE ATTACKEthics: Wanna Cry Ransomware AttackName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note

1 WANNA CRY RANSOMWARE ATTACKTable of ContentsIntroduction..........................................................................................................................2Wanna Cry Attack...............................................................................................................2Doing Ethics Technique......................................................................................................31. What is going on?............................................................................................................42. What are the Issues?.......................................................................................................43. Who is affected?..............................................................................................................44. What are the ethical issues and implications?.................................................................55. What can be done about it? What options are there?.......................................................6Conclusion...........................................................................................................................6References............................................................................................................................8

2 WANNA CRY RANSOMWARE ATTACKIntroductionInformation and Communication Technology or ICT has become an integral part of thebusiness processes. The use of technology has proven to be a boon for business processes.Information and communication technology refers to the use of different digital devicesconnected over internet that helps in monitoring and managing the entire system (Dewey, 2016).There are numerous advantages of use of ICT in business. However, there are certaindisadvantages as well. In the recent years, there had been a considerable increase in the use of ICT in business.With the increase in the use of internet for managing the business processes, there had been casesof privacy and data security risk. Internet and ICT makes the process of business managementeasy, but proves to be a cause of increasing vulnerability of the system as well (Shafer-Landau,2012). One of the greatest examples of ethical issue arising due to the compromise in data andprivacy of ICT devices is Wanna Cry ransomware attack that broke in May 2017. Thisransomware attack spread all over the world in a very less time proving that use of ICT can be abane too. The report discusses the how the use of technology contributes to a problem describingthe Wanna Cry ransomware attack that spread worldwide (Fromm, 2013). The report furtherevaluates the case study in terms of ethics discussing the six questions of Doing Ethics. Theethical issue arising from the use of ICT is discussed in the following paragraphs. Wanna Cry AttackWanna Cry ransomware attack is a cyber attack that spread worldwide within a limitedtime. The Wanna cry ransomware is an encryption based ransomware that locks all the data ofthe system. The data can be only decrypted by a decryption key, which can be obtained after

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