Security News > 2017 > November > Hackers hit Sacramento transit system, demand money to stop attack

Hackers looking for a payout have hit the Sacramento Regional Transit (SacRT) system, defacing the agency website, erasing data from some of its servers, and demanding money to stop the attack and not do further damage. The attack According to the Sacramento Bee, the hackers announced their presence on Saturday (November 18) by placing a message on the agency’s main webpage saying that they wanted to help the agency fix vulnerabilities. On Sunday, they began … More →
News URL
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HelpNetSecurity/~3/trw81JnNDkw/
Related news
- Russian hackers attack Western military mission using malicious drive (source)
- Hackers Abuse Russian Bulletproof Host Proton66 for Global Attacks and Malware Delivery (source)
- Hackers abuse Zoom remote control feature for crypto-theft attacks (source)
- DPRK Hackers Steal $137M from TRON Users in Single-Day Phishing Attack (source)
- Lazarus hackers breach six companies in watering hole attacks (source)
- Chinese Hackers Abuse IPv6 SLAAC for AitM Attacks via Spellbinder Lateral Movement Tool (source)
- Chinese hackers behind attacks targeting SAP NetWeaver servers (source)
- Hackers now testing ClickFix attacks against Linux targets (source)
- Hackers behind UK retail attacks now targeting US companies (source)
- Chinese Hackers Deploy MarsSnake Backdoor in Multi-Year Attack on Saudi Organization (source)