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San Francisco Municipal Railway riders got an unexpected
surprise this weekend after the system’s computerized fare
systems were apparently hacked. According to the San Francisco
Examiner, the MUNI system had been attacked on Friday afternoon.

MUNI riders were greeted with printed "Out of Service" and
"Metro Free" signs on ticket machines on late on Friday and
Saturday. MUNI first became aware of the intrusion on Friday,
according to the Examiner.

Computer screens at MUNI stations displayed a message: "You
Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted. Contact For
Key(cryptom27@yandex.com)ID:681 ,Enter." MUNI Spokesman Paul
Rose spoke to the Examiner and noted that his agency was
"working to resolve the situation," but refused to provide
additional details.

Reached by email, the hacker confirmed he was seeking a deal
with MUNI to undo the damage:

we don't attention to interview and propagate news ! our
software working completely automatically and we don't have
targeted attack to anywhere ! SFMTA network was Very Open and
2000 Server/PC infected by software ! so we are waiting for
contact any responsible person in SFMTA but i think they don't
want deal ! so we close this email tomorrow!
In September, Morphus Labs linked a hacker by the same name to a
ransomware strain called Mamba, which employs tactics similar to
those demonstrated against MUNI.

This isn’t the first California organization to face such an
issue: earlier this year, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
discovered that its files were being held for a $3.6 million
ransom. Ransomware attacks typically occur when a malicious file
is downloaded onto a computer and executed. Once a victim pays
the demanded ransom, the files will be decrypted.

Representatives of MUNI did not immediately responded to a
request for comment. We’ll update this post if we hear more.

http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/27/13758412/hackers-san-
francisco-light-rail-system-ransomware-cybersecurity-muni

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