After the hacking, blackmailing. The people behind the hack of the computer system of the transport of the city of San Francisco, now threaten to unveil more than 30 Gb of personal data. These relate to both the clients and employees of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA).
Fortune was able to exchange several e-mails with the alleged perpetrators of the attack. However, the latter refused to provide an extract of the data in their possession, making it impossible for the verification of their threat.
An attack at random
is Identified under the name of Andy Saolis, the hacker or group of hackers, has often been mentioned in cases of ransomware. This kind of attack is to encrypt the data of a computer or a network of machines and demand a ransom to allow their users access it again.
According to Andy Saolis, the attack on the computer network, the SFMTA was not targeted. It is the consequence of auto attacks launched randomly. “The agency uses a very old system, explained to Fortune the hidden person behind the e-mail contact. We have been able to hack more than 2,000 servers and PC of the agency of which the booths of payment”.
During the Thanksgiving weekend, all the ticket machines in the city have been blocked by the attack. The SFMTA does not, therefore, had no other choice than to make the whole transport of the city free of charge, before a return to normal on Sunday 27th November. The hackers demanded a ransom of 100 bitcoins, the equivalent of about 69.000 euros. The SFMTA had finally managed to work around the attack by redeploying on its network, a complete backup of the system.
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