Ashley Baker has been the webmaster for Berryhill Finance only ten days when Berryhill's website was scheduled for a routine security patch update.Unbeknown to Ashley,cybercrooks found out the timing of the patch update and launched attacks right before Berryhill's update from a remote location miles away.As a result of the attack,Berryhill lost a significant amount of clients' private information.Berryhill Finance suffered from a
A)hacking attack.
B)zero-day attack.
C)identity theft attack.
D)cyber-extortion attack.

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A zero-day attack occurs when hackers exploit a vulnerability before it is patched, which is what happened when the cybercrooks attacked Berryhill Finance right before the scheduled security patch update.

Ashley Baker Has Been the Webmaster for Berryhill Finance Only