1.1.11 Identify a range of causes of data loss



There are two main types of causes of data loss

Malicious activities

  • Deleting data accidently
  • not saving the data
  • hacking
  • viruses
  • data corruption
  • overheating
  • power failure
  • hardware damages
Natural disasters

  • flood
  • fires
  • storm
  • earthquakes