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Corruption of Data

This is a particularly insidious attack, especially if the victim has very poor backup policy. Data corruption is mainly the realm of the computer virus, rather than that of intruders. Very few intruders actually wish to destroy data; most attack computer systems for entertainment and for the intellectual challenge.

If data is corrupted, the only real remedy is restoration from a previous backup.


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