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Ransomware Attack Case Assignment

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Ransomware Attack Case Assignment

   Added on 2020-05-28

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Running head: WANNA CRY RANSOMWARE ATTACKWanna Cry Ransom ware AttackName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor’s Note:
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1WANNA CRY RANSOMWARE ATTACKTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................2Discussion..................................................................................................................................2Wanna Cry Ransom ware Attack...........................................................................................2Doing Ethics Technique.........................................................................................................3Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6References..................................................................................................................................8
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2WANNA CRY RANSOMWARE ATTACKIntroductionICT or information and communication technology is the most important part ofinformation technology, which helps in accessing, storing, transmitting and manipulatinginformation (Dewey, 2016). This information and communication technology mainly refersto the amalgamation of audio systems or video systems to the networks oftelecommunications and computers. This amalgamation is done with the help of a cable orwith a linking system. The merging of the network of the telephone with the network systemof computer is done by utilizing a single system for the management and distribution ofsignal and even cabling (Shafer-Landau, 2012). The entire applications, methods andconcepts of the information and communication technology are constantly changing inregular time. The following report describes about the popular case of Wanna Cry Ransom wareAttack that took place in May 2017. This case study was the perfect example of ethicaldilemma in information and communication technology. This report discusses about the casestudy in terms of Doing Ethics Technique (Fromm, 2013). The six typical questions of DoingEthics Technique are being discussed in this particular report. Relevant recommendations arealso given in the report. The details of the above discussion are given below. DiscussionWanna Cry Ransom ware AttackWanna Cry Ransom ware attack is considered as one of the most dangerous cyberattacks in the entire world. This cyber attack occurred by the most degrading Wanna Cryransom ware crypto worm (Woollaston, 2018). It targeted various computers that wererunning the typical operating system of Microsoft Windows. The hacker eventually encrypted
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