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Hacker Erases 30 Million Files From CA Transit System... Took Over Computers, Demanded Ransom...
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 15:40:10 -0500
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From: the keyboard of geoff goodfellow <geoff () iconia com> Date: November 21, 2017 at 3:38:05 PM EST To: "E-mail Pamphleteer Dave Farber's Interesting People list" <ip () listbox com> Subject: Hacker Erases 30 Million Files From CA Transit System... Took Over Computers, Demanded Ransom... Sacramento Regional Transit Systems Hit By Hacker http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2017/11/20/sacramento-regional-transit-systems-hit-by-hacker/ SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Sacramento Regional Transit is the one being taken for a ride on this night, by a computer hacker. That hacker forced RT to halt its operating systems that take credit card payments, and assigns buses and trains to their routes. The local transit agency alerted federal agents following an attack on their computers that riders may not have noticed Monday. “We actually had the hackers get into our system, and systematically start erasing programs and data,” Deputy General Manager Mark Lonergan. Inside RT’s headquarters, computer systems were taken down after the hacker deleted 30 million files. The hacker also demanded a ransom in bitcoin, and a left a message on the RT website reading “I’m sorry to modify the home page, I’m good hacker, I just want to help you fix these vulnerability.”... [SNIP] -- Geoff.Goodfellow () iconia com living as The Truth is True http://geoff.livejournal.com This message was sent to the list address and trashed, but can be found online.
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