transportation

Pierluigi Paganini December 02, 2018
Moscow’s New Cable Car closed due to a ransomware infection

Two days after Moscow opened a new cable car system hackers infected its computer systems with ransomware. The cable car system is long over 700 meters and spans across the Moscow river linking the Luzhniki Olympic Complex to the observation platform on Sparrow Hills. Two days after Moscow cable car was opened, the servers of the Moscow […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 07, 2016
An individual hacked back the San Francisco Muni hacker

In November, an unknown attacker hacked the computer systems of the San Francisco’s Municipal, now an individual hacked back the San Francisco Muni hacker. A couple of weeks ago, an unknown attacker hacked the computer systems of the San Francisco’s Municipal railway giving riders a free ride all day on Saturday. Now the same hacker seems […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2016
Hackers crashed San Francisco’s Municipal railway systems

Last week, unknown attackers hacked the computer systems of the San Francisco’s Municipal railway giving riders a free ride all day on Saturday. Last week, hackers crashed the computer system of the San Francisco’s Municipal railway, unknown attackers took offline the ticket kiosks offline and gave riders a free ride all day on Saturday, until […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2016
The transportation industry is increasingly being targeted by hackers

According to the 2015 version of the ‘Transportation Systems Sector-Specific Plan’ the transportation industry is increasingly exposed to cyber threats. The transportation industry is considered part of the critical infrastructure of a country, and according to the IBM’s X-Force security team is it a privileged target for hackers. The report, Security Trends in the Transportation […]