Cyber attach type; Malware or DDoS (Pick one)
Using the country you selected for Assignment #1, select one of the three types of cyberattacks, apply it to your selected country, and research and address the following:
1. Explain the type of cyberattack you selected in the introduction section of your paper. Incorporate UN Charter 2(4) into your paper by explaining if the cyberattack violated UN Charter 2(4).
a. If yes, why and how?
b. If no, why not?
2. Explain how the cyberthreat actors would target your country.
3. Describe the impact of the cyberattack on your country.
a. Identify the critical infrastructure services and functions targeted by the cyberthreat actors.
b. Incorporate Floridi’s Information Philosophy as part of your paper.
4. Describe how your country responded and recovered from the cyberattack.
5. Explain how your country could have prevented this cyberattack. In this section, incorporate cyber deterrence as part of your paper.
Requirements
- 1000-1100 words excluding cover page and references
- Use at least three references
- APA Formatting to include format, references, and in-text citations
Answer preview
The more aggressive form of a cyberattack on Chinese interests takes the form of coordinated and targeted ransomware attacks on critical institutions. Banks, schools, ministerial departments, and other governmental agencies are lucrative targets for hackers. In one of the most prominent cyberattacks in recent years, Chinese government officials were targeted in a coordinated ransomware attack by an international cyberattack racket (Staff, 2017). In a situation dubbed as one of the most outrageous extortion schemes of 2017, hackers would spam government officials with emails purporting to deliver critical information to get them to download attachments (Mohurle & Patil, 2017). Once downloaded, the malware would encrypt vital details and require the officials to pay a ransom.
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