Nothing is immune to being hacked when hackers are motivated. More than 2,000 computer systems belonging to San Francisco's public transit agency were hacked on Friday. San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI) confirmed a ransomware attack against its fare systems, which caused it to close ticket kiosks and offer free rides over the weekend. Following the attack, station screens displayed a message that said, "You Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted. Contact For Key(cryptom27@yandex.com)ID:681 ,Enter. " The MTA said in an email Friday morning that all of its computers had been compromised by hackers who used malware called Cryptolocker to encrypt data stored on them.
More than 2,000 computer systems belonging to San Francisco's public transit agency were hacked on Friday. San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency (MUNI) confirmed a ransomware attack against its fare systems, which caused it to close ticket kiosks and offer free rides over the weekend. Following the attack, station screens displayed a message that said, "You Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted. Contact For Key(cryptom27@yandex.com)ID:681 ,Enter. " The MTA said in an email Friday morning that all of its computers had been compromised by hackers who used malware called Cryptolocker to encrypt data stored on them.