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Global Cyberattack: Test 9

1. The document summarizes a global cyberattack that occurred in May 2017 affecting nearly 100 countries. Hackers used ransomware to gain access to millions of computers and demanded payments of £232 to recover files. 2. In the UK, thousands of hospital computers crashed, preventing doctors from working and forcing the cancellation of operations. Patients were put at risk. 3. The hackers also attacked Spanish companies like Telefónica, as well as Germany's railway network. The document lists several other cyberattacks since 2013 that compromised personal and financial details of millions of users.

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Global Cyberattack: Test 9

1. The document summarizes a global cyberattack that occurred in May 2017 affecting nearly 100 countries. Hackers used ransomware to gain access to millions of computers and demanded payments of £232 to recover files. 2. In the UK, thousands of hospital computers crashed, preventing doctors from working and forcing the cancellation of operations. Patients were put at risk. 3. The hackers also attacked Spanish companies like Telefónica, as well as Germany's railway network. The document lists several other cyberattacks since 2013 that compromised personal and financial details of millions of users.

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Test 9 (Units 17-18)

Name: Mark:

Reading Comprehension (20 points)


1 Read the article. Then complete the sentences. (10 points)

Global Cyberattack other files weren’t accessible. Doctors couldn’t


work and operations had to be cancelled.
On 13th May 2017, there was an international Thousands of patients were at risk.
cyberattack affecting nearly 100 countries. At the same time, there was an attack on
Called the Ransomware attack, the hackers Telefónica and other Spanish companies and
gained entry to millions of computers and organisations. Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s
demanded that each user pay £232 to recover railway network, became the hackers’ next
their files. The malicious code they used also victim. The cybercriminals tricked victims into
didn’t allow some people entry into their opening malware attachments in spam e-mails.
computers. This is not the first time that hackers have caused
The biggest problem seemed to be in Britain, damage. They have used viruses for many years.
where thousands of hospital computers crashed. Here are some other serious breaches of security
Many documents, photos, videos, databases and since 2013:

Company Date What happened


Yahoo 2013 Hackers gained entry to one billion accounts.
eBay 2014 145 million users were informed of identity theft.
Sony Pictures 2014 Private details of 47,000 employees and actors were made public.
Entertainment

Talk Talk 2015 157,000 accounts were breached. They included bank account
numbers, codes and credit card details.
MySpace 2016 360 million passwords and e-mail addresses from MySpace
appeared on a hidden Internet site.

1. The cyberattack affected of computers.


2. The Ransomware attack wanted users to to the attackers.
3. In the UK, hackers got into computers.
4. is an example of a Spanish company which was affected.
5. As a result of the security breach at Sony Pictures Entertainment, information about
was published.

2 Answer the questions. (10 points)


1. What did the hackers use to prevent users from accessing their computers?

2. Why were patients at risk?

3. How did the hackers use e-mails to cause damage?

4. What were the hackers looking for when they gained entry to Talk Talk?

5. Where did the hackers post the information they took from MySpace?

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