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Computer Science / Unit 11   CS 0628 short lesson, about 20 seconds

The Advanced Persistent Threat

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The idea

An advanced persistent threat infiltrates systems to spy on activities and steal sensitive data while staying undetected — networks left intact so the access keeps paying.

In practice

A competitor reading a firm's plans for a year outdamaged any crash.

Where people slip

No outage, no alarm, maximum loss — absence of symptoms is not absence of compromise.

Your place on the trail

Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.

Builds on

Unlocks

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