Z Category is a security firm based in Oakland, California. The firm provides security detail for major Hollywood events and also personal security services to some celebrities. Jackson Keynes is a systems administrator for the firm. He comes across a USB drive lying abandoned in the reception area at the company office and decides to check its contents. Unknown to him, a spyware program downloads itself onto Jackson's computer and infiltrates the central server system through the network. Which of the following is the most likely outcome in this case?
A) The program encodes all the information on the company's servers and other systems and renders it unreadable and useless.
B) A tabloid reporter who had planted the USB drive accesses scandalous information about celebrities and publishes stories about them.
C) The company's servers and individual computer systems are controlled by remotely located bots and are used to perform distributed denial of service attacks.
D) The spyware program replicates rapidly across the company network, clogs up the network speeds, and slows down the performance of the computers.

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The spyware program was likely designed to extract sensitive information, such as scandalous details about celebrities, which could then be accessed by the tabloid reporter who planted the USB drive.

Z Category Is a Security Firm Based in Oakland, California