UITP the International Association of Public Transport reports that San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (Muni), suffered an attack to its fare machines in November 2016. There was no disruption to operations, but passengers were unable to purchase tickets over Thanksgiving weekend. It is reported that the perpetrators responsible demanded a ransom of 100 bitcoins, the equivalent of approximately $73.000. During the incident, kiosk screens displayed the phrase “You hacked, ALL Data Encrypted”. The system was restored, however, without any ransom being paid.
The hacker gained access with malicious software sent by E-mail which affected a number of other systems, including E-mail and pay-roll.
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