Paul has been working long hours. He is tired and distracted by family issues, so he has not been doing record updates regularly. There is a sudden power outage in the building and the last 15 records he has been working on have not been saved to the database. Which of the following best describes this data issue? a. Malicious data lossb. Accidental data leakc. Accidental data lossd. Malicious data leak

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Precious Dougherty

8 November, 13:34

Paul has been working long hours. He is tired and distracted by family issues, so he has not been doing record updates regularly. There is a sudden power outage in the building and the last 15 records he has been working on have not been saved to the database. Which of the following best describes this data issue? a. Malicious data lossb. Accidental data leakc. Accidental data lossd. Malicious data leak

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Ethan Long · Answer 1

Accidental data loss

Explanation:

Accidental data loss -

It refers to the removal or loss of certain data or information from the computer, due to some accident, is referred to as accidental data loss.

The loss of data can be due to some malicious intruders, or can be due to the fault of the user.

The information can be lost due to sudden power cut, natural calamities like fires, flood earthquake etc., problem in hard disk etc.

Hence, from the given scenario of the question,

The correct option is accidental data loss.