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Read the text and answer the question below.

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Sophie writes the summary Brian requested:

Security Breach Summary

Last week, a phishing attack targeted several team members. I spoke with Jake, our cybersecurity specialist, about what happened.

The team responded quickly after the breach was detected, isolating the affected systems in minutes, and limiting the damage.

Jake mentioned, however, that there was some confusion about team roles during the incident. He recommended clearer roles in our incident response plan.

Ideas to prevent future attacks:

  • Updating security training to cover more on phishing detection

  • Doing security audits more often

  • Keeping software updated, since the attack used an outdated system component

Why did they conclude that the software should always be updated, according to the summary?

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Because updates are required by company rules.

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The summary does not mention company rules as the reason.


Because updates make the software faster.

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Speed is not the reason given for updating the software.


Because older software is harder to use.

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There was no mention of usability issues with old software.


Because the breach used a weakness in an outdated system.

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The last idea mentioned in the summary uses since to mention the reason for the attack to be successful. Find out what it was and you'll be able to correctly answer this question.