The terms ‘WannaCry, Petya and EternalBlue’ sometimes mentioned in the news recently are related to
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Answer: C. WannaCry and Petya were ransomware attacks in 2017 that locked computers worldwide. EternalBlue is the Windows exploit used to spread them. So cyber attacks.
Watch for: Ransom paid in Bitcoin leads some students to pick cryptocurrency.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because these are not names of exoplanets.
- B. Wrong because ransom was demanded in Bitcoin, but these are not cryptocurrencies.
- D. Wrong because they are not satellites.
Source to check: CERT-In (cert-in.org.in) advisories on WannaCry (May 2017) and Petya (June 2017) ransomware
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