Question

A foreign country attempting to access government networks in order to disable a national power grid would be an example of:__________

a) denial-of-service attacks.
b) cyberwarfare.
c) cyberterrorism.
d) evil twins.
e) phishing.

Answer 1

Answer: b) cyberwarfare

Explanation: This form of aggression by a country against another country by maliciously attacking their information technology system in other to cripple a key service is still a form of warfare. Using IT to do so makes it a cyberwarfare.

In contrast, cyberterrorism uses malicious attacks to intimidate and may motivated by politics, social issues or religions. It usually carried out by individuals.