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Graham Cluley |
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2076955 |
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2020-12-04 11:56:37 (vue: 2020-12-04 12:06:05) |
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Metro Vancouver TransLink hit by Egregor ransomware attack, travellers disrupted |
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Passengers on Vancouver's transit system were unable to use their credit and debit cards for ticket payments after the service was badly hit by a ransomware attack.
TransLink, the public transport operator in Vancouver, Canada, first indicated its IT systems were suffering problems on 1 December, when it said it was "investigating an issue."
That "issue" turned out to be the Egregor ransomware, which hijacked TransLink's printers and spewed out a ransom note.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. |
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