Impact of a cyber attack on an individual

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Quick Questions

Shade in the A or B circle for each question.

1. A hacker uses a stolen bank login to move money out of someone's account. What kind of harm is this?

A Hardware upgrade

B Financial loss

2. True or false: A cyber attack can only harm a person's computer, never the person themselves.

A False

B True

3. An attacker opens a loan using your name, date of birth and address. What is this called?

A Identity theft

B Denial of service

4. Ransomware locks a student's phone and deletes access to years of private photos. Which impact is this?

A A faster internet connection

B Loss of private photos and messages

5. Someone takes over your social media account and posts mean messages as you. Which harm is most likely?

A Damaged reputation

B Lower battery use

Match the Pairs

Draw a line connecting each item on the left to its match on the right.

Left column		Right column
1individual impact		AThe harm a cyber attack causes a person, such as stolen money, identity theft, a locked-out account or emotional distress
2identity theft		BAn attacker uses stolen personal details, such as your name and birthdate, to pretend to be you, open accounts or take out loans
3Financial loss: an attacker who gets into a bank account can steal money from the victim		CLeaked private messages can also cause emotional distress and damage a person's reputation, not just data loss.
4Locked-out account: an attacker changes the password so the real owner can no longer log in		DIndividuals are also harmed by cyber attacks. They can lose money, photos, messages and accounts, and can have their identity stolen.
5A cyber attack only harms big companies, so individuals have nothing to lose.		Eaccount.password = attacker_password
6If a hacker leaks your private messages, the only harm is a bit of lost data.		Fbalance = balance - stolen_amount

Definitions

individual impact

Fill in the Blanks

Complete each line of code by filling in the missing parts.

balance = 500 stolen = 120 balance = balance _ stolen

changed = True if changed: locked = ____

stolen = ["name", "birthdate", "address"] print(___(stolen))

photos = ["beach.jpg", "party.jpg"] photos._____()

___ post in fakes: reputation = reputation - 5

Spot the Error

Shade in the letter of the line that contains an error.

Question 1

A balance = 500

B stolen == 120

C balance = balance - stolen

D print(balance)

Question 2

A failed_logins = 5

B locked_out = False

C if failed_logins >= 5

D locked_out = True

Question 3

A photos = ['beach', 'party']

B backed_up = False

C if not backed_up:

D print('Photos at risk'

Question 4

A money_lost = 250

B if money_lost < 0:

C print('Financial loss')

Question 5

A name = 'Sam'

B id_stolen = True

C if id_stolen:

D print(name 'is at risk')

Answer Key

Impact of a cyber attack on an individual

Section A: Quick Questions

B — Financial loss

A — False

A — Identity theft

B — Loss of private photos and messages

A — Damaged reputation

Section B: Match the Pairs

individual impact → The harm a cyber attack causes a person, such as stolen money, identity theft, a locked-out account or emotional distress

identity theft → An attacker uses stolen personal details, such as your name and birthdate, to pretend to be you, open accounts or take out loans

Financial loss: an attacker who gets into a bank account can steal money from the victim → balance = balance - stolen_amount

Locked-out account: an attacker changes the password so the real owner can no longer log in → account.password = attacker_password

A cyber attack only harms big companies, so individuals have nothing to lose. → Individuals are also harmed by cyber attacks. They can lose money, photos, messages and accounts, and can have their identity stolen.

If a hacker leaks your private messages, the only harm is a bit of lost data. → Leaked private messages can also cause emotional distress and damage a person's reputation, not just data loss.

Section C: Definitions

individual impact — The harm a cyber attack causes a person, such as stolen money, identity theft, a locked-out account, lost private photos or messages, reputation damage and emotional distress.

Section D: Fill in the Blanks

balance = 500
stolen = 120
balance = balance - stolen

changed = True
if changed:
    locked = True

stolen = ["name", "birthdate", "address"]
print(len(stolen))

photos = ["beach.jpg", "party.jpg"]
photos.clear()

for post in fakes:
    reputation = reputation - 5

Section E: Spot the Error

B — A single = assigns a value. Using == compares two values, and stolen does not exist yet, so the program fails. It should be stolen = 120.

C — An if statement must end with a colon. It should be if failed_logins >= 5:

D — The print call is missing its closing bracket. It should be print('Photos at risk').

B — Stolen money is a positive amount, so money_lost < 0 is never true and the loss is never reported. It should be money_lost > 0.

D — The arguments in print() must be separated by a comma. It should be print(name, 'is at risk').