After cleaning up a ransomware attack, a team restores last night's backup, and the attack starts again within hours. What is the most likely reason?
Après avoir nettoyé une attaque par rançongiciel, une équipe restaure la sauvegarde de la nuit précédente, et l'attaque recommence en quelques heures. Quelle est la raison la plus probable ?
Answers
AThe backup software was an old versionLe logiciel de sauvegarde était une ancienne version
BThe server's clock was set to the wrong timeL'horloge du serveur était mal réglée
CThe restore process ran far too slowlyLa restauration a été beaucoup trop lente
DThe backup already held the attackers' backdoorLa sauvegarde contenait déjà la porte dérobée des attaquants
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