Moscow cable car hack (nonfiction)
The Moscow cable car hack was an event in November 2018 where the Moscow cable car system was hacked for ransom.
ZDNet reported:
A hacker has infected the computer systems of Moscow's new cable car system with ransomware, two days after Moscow's mayor Sergei Sobyanin launched it in a fancy ceremony.
The infection impacted the servers of the Moscow Ropeway (MKD), a new agency set up to manage Moscow's re-built cable car line, a 720-meter long line that spans across the Moscow river and links the Luzhniki Olympic Complex and the observation platform on Sparrow Hills.
The infection took root on Wednesday, November 28, at around 14:00, local time, according to local news outlets, who first reported the incident, and Moscow's mayor.
MKD stopped all operations as soon as it realized what happened, bringing all 35 eight-seat cable cars to a halt. There were no reported injuries, and all cable cars were landed safely.
The agency's servers were subjected to a security audit yesterday, November 29, and the infection was removed. Cable car transports resumed today, according to a message posted on the MKD website.
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External links:
- Moskva River cable car @ Wikipedia
- Moscow's new cable car system infected with ransomware two days after launch @ ZDNet (November 30, 2018)