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Q Search the Internet to find a recent (within the last 5 years) article about a Trojan attack/incident. 1. Post a link to the article 2. Provide a summary of the incident (TWO paragraph minimum). Include as many of the related details (i.e. distribution vector, number of computers affected, damage done, etc.) to ensure the reader can understand what occurred and the impact of the attack.

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Trojan is a type of malware, which works by taking a pseudo form of a legitimate software. Trojan is one of the oldest form of the malware. Using the Trojan an attacker can have an unauthorized access of the privileged data. They can modify, delete or copy the data for any malicious purpose. The Trojan can sense the network vulnerabilities and uses them to enter into the system. The working of the Trojan mainly based on the purpose of the attack (Dimitrova, 2015).