{"id":4152,"date":"2016-11-28T19:44:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T17:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kodingtech.com\/?p=4152"},"modified":"2016-11-28T19:44:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T17:44:29","slug":"san-francisco-streetcar-taken-hostage-in-ransomware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/tramvaiul-din-san-francisco-luat-ostatic-intr-un-atac-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco tram taken hostage in ransomware attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In San Francisco it is now free to travel on the light rail network.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article-topper l-article-topper--standard\" data-topper-layout=\"standard\" data-topper-type=\"standard\">\n<div class=\"article-topper__title\">\n<div class=\"article-topper__title\">The municipal public transport network&#039;s ticketing system has been hit by a ransomware attack. Hackers have encrypted all data in the system and locked out around 2,000 computers, servers and ticket vending machines.<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"article-topper__title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-38127096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">According to the BBC<\/a>, the hackers are demanding 100 bitcoins \u2013 that\u2019s about $70,000 USD for the decryption key.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-topper__title\">It&#039;s unclear whether the transportation agency paid.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-topper__title\">Ransomware attacks infect a computer, encrypt all the files on it, and leave a message for the owner, who must pay to get their data back. Hackers enter through malicious websites, infected images, or movies.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body__content\">It seems to be an activity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/534516\/holding-data-hostage-the-perfect-internet-crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">profitable<\/a>, and according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/content\/en\/us\/enterprise\/media\/security_response\/whitepapers\/ISTR2016_Ransomware_and_Businesses.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Symantec<\/a>, millions of such attacks occur daily, some successful.<br \/>\nFor now, the safest method of protection is to make backup copies.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00cen San Francisco este acum gratuit s\u0103 c\u0103l\u0103tore\u0219ti cu re\u021beaua de tramvaie u\u0219oare. Sistemul informatic de bilete al re\u021belei municipale de transport public a fost blocat \u00een urma unui atac cibernetic de tip ransomware. Hackerii au criptat toate datele din sistem \u0219i au blocat astfel aproximativ 2,000 de computere, servere \u0219i automate de v\u00e2ndut bilete. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-koding-tech-select"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kodingtech.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}