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   San Francisco Municipal Railway riders got an unexpected   
   surprise this weekend after the system’s computerized fare   
   systems were apparently hacked. According to the San Francisco   
   Examiner, the MUNI system had been attacked on Friday afternoon.   
      
   MUNI riders were greeted with printed "Out of Service" and   
   "Metro Free" signs on ticket machines on late on Friday and   
   Saturday. MUNI first became aware of the intrusion on Friday,   
   according to the Examiner.   
      
   Computer screens at MUNI stations displayed a message: "You   
   Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted. Contact For   
   Key(cryptom27@yandex.com)ID:681 ,Enter." MUNI Spokesman Paul   
   Rose spoke to the Examiner and noted that his agency was   
   "working to resolve the situation," but refused to provide   
   additional details.   
      
   Reached by email, the hacker confirmed he was seeking a deal   
   with MUNI to undo the damage:   
      
   we don't attention to interview and propagate news ! our   
   software working completely automatically and we don't have   
   targeted attack to anywhere ! SFMTA network was Very Open and   
   2000 Server/PC infected by software ! so we are waiting for   
   contact any responsible person in SFMTA but i think they don't   
   want deal ! so we close this email tomorrow!   
   In September, Morphus Labs linked a hacker by the same name to a   
   ransomware strain called Mamba, which employs tactics similar to   
   those demonstrated against MUNI.   
      
   This isn’t the first California organization to face such an   
   issue: earlier this year, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center   
   discovered that its files were being held for a $3.6 million   
   ransom. Ransomware attacks typically occur when a malicious file   
   is downloaded onto a computer and executed. Once a victim pays   
   the demanded ransom, the files will be decrypted.   
      
   Representatives of MUNI did not immediately responded to a   
   request for comment. We’ll update this post if we hear more.   
      
   http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/27/13758412/hackers-san-   
   francisco-light-rail-system-ransomware-cybersecurity-muni   
      
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