Question

A financial services company discovers that an attacker altered several transaction records in a database without authorization. Leadership asks which principle of the CIA triad was violated in this incident. Which principle was primarily compromised?

Accepted Answer

Integrity, because the records were modified in an unauthorized way

Answer

Confidentiality, because the records were exposed to an unauthorized party

Answer

Availability, because the records could not be accessed by users

Answer

Accountability, because no audit trail existed for the change