Security News > 2016 > November > San Francisco transport system ransomware attacker also extorted other US-based businesses (Help Net Security)
2016-11-29 19:44
The ransomware attack that hit the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency last Friday is just one of many mounted by the same attacker. According to an unnamed security researcher who managed to hack the attacker’s email account, a number of US-based manufacturing and construction firms have been hit before the SFMTA, and at least one of them paid the ransom. The researcher told Brian Krebs that he managed to guess the answer to the secret … More →
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