A government contractor is tricked into installing a virus on their workstation that encrypts all their files. The virus displays a message on the workstation telling the contractor that they can have the files decrypted if they make a payment of $31,337 to an email address.

Assets, Threats, and Vulnerabilities | Weekly challenge 4 Quiz | 

A government contractor is tricked into installing a virus on their workstation that encrypts all their files. The virus displays a message on the workstation telling the contractor that they can have the files decrypted if they make a payment of $31,337 to an email address.

What type of attack is this an example of?

• Cross-site scripting
• Ransomware
• Brute force attack
• Scareware