Hackers temporarily put out of action terminals Ticket on metro in San Francisco

Representatives of the Municipal Transport San Francisco agency reported hacker attacks on computer systems department, as a result of which have been temporarily disabled vending machines for tickets, reports Engadget.

According to the portal SFGate, the attack began the evening of 25 November, when on the terminal screen appeared the message "You hacked, all the data decrypted." During the restoration work of the attackers terminals required to pay 100 Bitcoin (about 73 thousand dollars). At the same time as the communication channel hackers cryptom27@yandex.com mailbox indicated that may be indicative of their Russian origin.

To minimize the problems caused by the actions of hackers, authorities have introduced free travel regime on city light metro, and operation of the system was restored on 27 November. Apparently, the issue is resolved, without paying ransom.

According to the publication The Register, the attackers broke not only the terminals for passengers, but also to all Windows-PCs transport department employees and their personal laptops, as well as a database of lost things. To infect cybercriminals using malware system HDDCryptor, which could be inadvertently triggered by one of the employees of the transport department of the city, click on the link supply in hackers.

Currently we are investigating the incident, which clearly demonstrates the vulnerability of critical elements of the US infrastructure, ongoing. At the same time as the media have drawn parallels between this case and the recently published game about hackers Watch Dogs 2, the action of which takes place in San Francisco.






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