CyberCertPrepOT Security FundamentalsOT Fundamentals: Threat Landscape & Attack VectorsEASYFree question
When ransomware affects a manufacturing plant, the most damaging OT-specific impact is usually:
- A.Exfiltration of customer credit-card numbers
- B.Defacement of the public-facing marketing website
- C.Reset of employee email passwords
- D.Loss of production availability when operators halt or lose control of physical processes
Why D is correct
In OT, availability is paramount, so the dominant ransomware consequence is downtime: plants frequently shut down production either because control/visibility is lost or as a precaution to contain the spread. The financial and safety stakes of stopped production often exceed the ransom itself.
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