Assignment Directions:

Find a news story (article, video, podcast, etc.) regarding a cyber security attack that occurred on a U.S. based business. To provide relevance, please ensure the attack took place within the past decade. Use your knowledge from the 'article', the material covered in class/textbook, and additional resources to answer the questions below.

Please submit your answers to the following questions in essay format. Your answers to each question below should be at least a

paragraph in length. (A paragraph is a min. of three to four sentences).

Answers should be well thought out and have facts to support them. Facts should be cited using A PA formatting. (A video tutorial on A PA citation was posted as an announcement on 8/31)

1. What was the nature of the attack? How did it occur? How long did it last?
2. Who was affected by the attack? How much damage was done?
3. How could the situation have been avoided? What should/could have been done differently by those inside and outside the company?