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Was Software Piracy Behind the San Francisco Muni Transit System Ransomware Infection?
People using San Francisco’s Muni [sfmta.com] public transportation, which consists of buses, streetcars, Metro light rail and cable cars, rode for free over the holiday weekend [computerworld.com]. It’s not like SFMTA [twitter.com] bothered to send even a tweet to inform confused Muni riders as to what was happening. Some of those people thought the free rides were part of a Thanksgiving gift or “Black Friday deal [cbslocal.com],” but anyone who happened to glance at San Francisco Muni station computer screens knew better. On Friday and Saturday, the screens all displayed [imgur.com]:
You Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted, Contact For Key(cryptom27@yandex.com)ID:681 ,Enter Key.
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