San Francisco Metro System Hacked with Ransomware [Paid $70,000 in Bitcoin] - page 3.

thejaytiesto

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Quote from: SmartIphone on November 28, 2016, 10:53:54 AM

Recently the San Francisco Metro System got Hacked with Ransomware resulting in free rides.

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It is yet not clear exactly who was responsible for the attack (besides a pseudonym "Andy Saolis"), but according to local media reports, the agency's computers were being held by ransomware until the MUNI paid the equivalent of more than $73,000 in Bitcoin.

What do you think guys?
Isn't it bad for the bitcoin to be known as a bad thing in our lives?
*If it was posted before move to the correct board.

Well, with every revolutionary technology there are drawbacks. What we need is stronger software protection against ramsomware, the stupid thing to do would be to get rid of bitcoin. It's like, why not get rid of the entire internet so that way we can avoid all hackers? No thanks, just fix your shit up, but dont blame it on bitcoin.

davis196

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Quote from: SmartIphone on November 28, 2016, 10:53:54 AM

Recently the San Francisco Metro System got Hacked with Ransomware resulting in free rides.

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It is yet not clear exactly who was responsible for the attack (besides a pseudonym "Andy Saolis"), but according to local media reports, the agency's computers were being held by ransomware until the MUNI paid the equivalent of more than $73,000 in Bitcoin.

What do you think guys?
Isn't it bad for the bitcoin to be known as a bad thing in our lives?
*If it was posted before move to the correct board.

This is good and bad for bitcoin.

It`s bad becasue hackers use it and it`s good for the same reason. Grin

Just kidding.

By the way,what exactly is a ransomware?Malware that asks for ransome?

btcfunk2

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There annual budget is probably 100x that. $70,000.00 is nothing to them. And the ransomers new that. But yeah they look stupid.

Meuh6879

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Quote from: SmartIphone on November 28, 2016, 10:53:54 AM

What do you think guys?

stop use attached files with email ?
they have tried ... but PDF and DOC are too powerfull over ... directors (specially PPS files).

Randsomeware works because of people ... not because of machine.

SmartIphone

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Quote from: MingLee on November 28, 2016, 02:43:34 PM

How did they manage to let ransomware into the San Fran metro system? It's just so unbelievable that something like that could happen without some super gross negligence on some employee's part.

They're lucky that the ransomware actually did go and decrypt their files, but at the same time the $70,000 was probably low enough that the designer didn't think that it would be worth screwing the people that paid him. Good on them for that portion.

This is "magic". The virus is spread very fast on the network and these kind of viruses/malwares are the worst one.
And they are made by the most professional hackers because a random/newbie hacker can't do these things.

zahra4577

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Quote from: Yogafan00000 on November 28, 2016, 11:12:22 AM

It's funny that it's hackers who are forcing mainstream to adopt crypto at virtual gunpoint.

They will not adopt bitcoin,they will adopt better network/system security softwares.They might buy bitcoin to pay for ransome to hackers but one time buy that too forcibly is not adoption IMO

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Quote from: BuySomeBitcoins on November 28, 2016, 02:47:51 PM

They should feel relieved by the hack

They are aware of the security holes their system have
They paid a heavy price for a hacker instead of invested in cyber-security - most US companies ignore the risks
It was not a terrorist cyber attack that could have been worse.

That is a positive way to look at it. A big fee to a security specialist to help secure their system.

fiscorcle

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As soon as someone sees ransomware and then they look for "bitcoin" in the news article instantly. And 80% of the time they are right.
Someone was saying this is what Zcash's sole purpose was from it's inception. Created just for the reason of being more anonymous than bitcoin will ever be and being better to demand in such cases.

Cereberus

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I am thinking this is an inside job too. I am refusing to believe one of the employees of the SFM was stupid and dumb enough to click an email link just out of the blue. I think employees there are trained before starting to work in such big workplace.

Ransomware is very easy to defend yourself from when you know a few tech things. Also nothing to do with Bitcoin, Bitcoin in this case is just an easy way to blackmail and get paid with. It's a new form of money (internet money that can be converted to cash easily) so that's why hackers who are the most tech knowers will want to use it.

Again, the only fault was from SFM, I have high doubts of an inside job or in the worst a worker there have send this ransomware file to all his colleagues knowing their little level of information regarding ransomware, he may have tried his luck and he has hit the jackpot.

calkob

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Quote from: SmartIphone on November 28, 2016, 10:53:54 AM

Recently the San Francisco Metro System got Hacked with Ransomware resulting in free rides.

Quote

It is yet not clear exactly who was responsible for the attack (besides a pseudonym "Andy Saolis"), but according to local media reports, the agency's computers were being held by ransomware until the MUNI paid the equivalent of more than $73,000 in Bitcoin.

What do you think guys?
Isn't it bad for the bitcoin to be known as a bad thing in our lives?
*If it was posted before move to the correct board.

Not really a bad point, like they say all news is good news, people are wondering what this bitcoin thing is? lol fiat money was used by criminals for 100's of years it didnt do fiat any harm......... Wink

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Terminated.

This isn't really a problem with Bitcoin, and should not make Bitcoin look bad. Bitcoin is primarily used in these because there are automated set of tools that help you create malware (e.g. ransomware) and they just take a % cut of the Bitcoin gathered this way. If the attackers were after better anonymity and not script-kiddies, they would not be asking for Bitcoin.

Here is an example of such a website called Tox. However, this website was on sale the last time I encountered it. I'm sure that there are plenty more out there.

Quote from: Kprawn on November 28, 2016, 03:10:07 PM

I sat their red faces, because he blamed this "Bitcoin" technology for what happened to him.

A ransomware attack is ridiculously easy to mitigate with a backup (in comparison to other advanced malware). You just need to wipe everything and restore via a backup. If you don't have a backup, then the only one that should be blamed is yourself.

Kprawn

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It is bad for Bitcoin. We had visitors last week, and the husband did not know that I am a Bitcoin enthusiast. He started to tell me that he lost

all his Holiday videos and pics, due to some virus that blocked his files and then they wanted.. "something called Bitcoin" to unlock his files. I

sat their red faces, because he blamed this "Bitcoin" technology for what happened to him. I explained to him what Bitcoin was, and that the

technology was not to be blamed for the hack, but he did not want to hear anything about Bitcoin, because he blamed it for his loss. Angry

chesatochi

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Personally, I would not have paid 70000$ in bitcoin because you encourage people to continue this unethical way to commit a crime in exchange for a compensation. I think is very important companies take the securities very seriously or otherwise you will see another news like that on the internet. Do you think the clients will be happy to hear that the company hacked...

BuySomeBitcoins

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They should feel relieved by the hack

They are aware of the security holes their system have
They paid a heavy price for a hacker instead of invested in cyber-security - most US companies ignore the risks
It was not a terrorist cyber attack that could have been worse.

MingLee

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How did they manage to let ransomware into the San Fran metro system? It's just so unbelievable that something like that could happen without some super gross negligence on some employee's part.

They're lucky that the ransomware actually did go and decrypt their files, but at the same time the $70,000 was probably low enough that the designer didn't think that it would be worth screwing the people that paid him. Good on them for that portion.

Milkduds

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The way some of these organizations react to hacking,tells me they are way in over their heads. Shutting down all the terminals, shows that they think they can stop the spread,not realizing he already had control. Bitcoin is just to easy to use and hackers tend to know the latest tech on the scene. Wink

Ayers

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don't tell me that they opened "that" email once again, like a bunch of moron, it's again not bitcoin fault but only their fault to be idiot, those same hacker can steal your credit card credentials easily, never head of skimming? but no one accuses the fiat system for this

~Bitcoin~

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Yeah certainly things like this can make government to think twice before accepting bitcoin or allowing bitcoin trading business within country. Anonymity of bitcoin have also created several problems like this, that hacker can run away without being detected. However san francisco metro system seems to be more responsible for not having better security in their systems rather than bitcoin being payment method for hacker.

SmartIphone

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Quote from: Lucius on November 28, 2016, 12:03:54 PM

Those who make such malicious programs targeted large systems like SF Metro System,it is much easier to get ransom from them but from small users.Some wonder why they paid and answer is simple.,They need files back and they did not have a backup,which would save them from paying ransom.

Some older versions of ransomware can be decrypted,but for new version only help is to have backup or to pay.

It is bad for BTC when such news go in public,but there is nothing we can do right now.People should keep an eye on what they click and make regular backup of important files.

It ecrypt the whole system and the MBRs to prevent systems from booting up properly but there is only a loss on tickets nothing huge.
But this caused them to shut down ticket kiosks and make rides free this weekend.
Overall this is not good for bitcoin because bitcoin is getting popular in a negative way not as something useful and positive.

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Shit, did I leave the stove on?

So the hackers gave the people of San Fran free metro rides lol that's hilarious. It's not strange they decided to proceed with paying the ransom because they would have incurred a lot more losses in running costs over the period of not getting any profit from tickets. Some dude on a late night shift was prolly checking some shady sites and got a present in the meantime Roll Eyes

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