Identifying Citation Problems in a Paragraph (APA 7th edition)
(Don’t need to write the whole one page, just identify, analyze, and evaluate as the below instructions)
– Review the following short paragraph on a hypothetical paper about cybersecurity and the internet of things. Note that the writer has made some errors in his integration of Shindell as a source.
– Identify at least two errors, and describe what the errors are in one or two sentences. (Note: You don’t have to re-write the paragraph. Just describe what the errors are – e.g., “One error can be found in the first sentence, where the writer includes the title of the article instead of the author’s name…”)
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One potential method of hacking into a hospital’s records is through a wearable device. Often, wearable devices are used by health care institutions to monitor blood pressure or other health conditions. However, such devices expose vulnerabilities in the system. (Shindell, 2018) argues that hackers increasingly integrate malware to infect such devices and then use them as foundations upon which to attack the health care institution’s IT systems. Specifically, Shindell, 2018, maintains that ransomware is especially pernicious. “During an attack, victims will typically encounter a screen giving them directions for paying a ransom to retrieve their data…” “More than half of hospitals surveyed were hit with ransomware in the previous 12 months.
