{"id":59909,"date":"2018-12-03T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59909"},"modified":"2018-12-03T09:05:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T15:05:00","slug":"cable-car-system-ransomware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/cable-car-system-ransomware-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Cable Car System Rendered Useless Due to Ransomware Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Ransomware Attack Takes Out Moscow&#8217;s Cable Car System<\/h3>\n<p>Mere days after Moscow opened their first cable car system, it was shut down due to a ransomware infection.\u00a0 The cyber attack rendered the cable car network useless after successfully installing ransomware on the computer in charge of operating the system.\u00a0 This left Russian citizens frustrated, as the transportation network was offering free rides for the first 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>The ransom note did not disclose the total ransom demand\u00a0but did say the amount was contingent on the promptness of their response.\u00a0 That being said, a few things remain unclear, like what ransomware variant infected the network,\u00a0and if the ransom was paid.\u00a0 According to Hack Read, the cable car system is fully functional again.\u00a0 This is an incredibly quick remediation time, leading to various speculations.\u00a0 This may mean they paid the ransom demand to restore services as quickly as possible.\u00a0 Or, it is possible the cable car system uses the same computer program another municipality\u00a0uses and hackers were doing a &#8220;test run&#8221; before going after a larger target.\u00a0 Again, this is entirely unknown.<\/p>\n<h4>Other Ransomware Attacks<\/h4>\n<p>This is far from the first ransomware attack.\u00a0 To see a list of all other ransomware attacks that took place in 2018, click <a href=\"https:\/\/techtalk.pcpitstop.com\/2018\/01\/23\/ransomware-attacks-of-2018\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ransomware Attack Takes Out Moscow&#8217;s Cable Car System Mere days after Moscow opened their first cable car system, it was shut down due to a ransomware infection.\u00a0 The cyber attack rendered the cable car network useless after successfully installing ransomware on the computer in charge of operating the system.\u00a0 This left Russian citizens frustrated, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":55106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4949,4944,5000],"tags":[4363,5091],"class_list":["post-59909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter","category-ransomware","category-ransomware-reports","category-ransomwarewar","tag-ransomware","tag-ransomware-attack"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cable Car System Rendered Useless Due to Ransomware Attack<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ransomware has taken over Moscow&#039;s newest mode of transportation -- its cable car system. 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