Certified Ethical Hacker CEH · Free Practice Question Easy
Question 37
An attacker leverages IoT vulnerabilities to shut off the air conditioning on the data floor, causing a major disruption. What is this attack called?
- A HVAC attack
- B DDoS attack
- C Zigbeez attack
- D SCADA attack
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: A
Explanation
Correct Answer:
HVAC attack is correct. Yes, this is really what it’s called. No, I’m not making it up.
An HVAC attack takes place when one hacks IoT devices in order to shut down air conditioning services.
Incorrect Answers:
SCADA attack, DDoS attack, and Zigbeez attack are incorrect.
Although SCADA may have appealed to you here, it’s incorrect in this scenario (SCADA and IoT don’t necessarily have anything to do with one another).
A DDoS may have occurred here, but there’s no specific indication of it.
Zigbeez doesn’t exist.
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