San Francisco’s light-rail system was held hostage by hackers
Station agent computers displayed the message “You Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted. Contact For Key(cryptom27@yandex.com)ID:681 ,Enter.” on Friday and Saturday, according to the Examiner.
A person in control of the cryptom27@yandex.com email address took credit for the attack and demanded SFMTA to cough up more than $70,000 worth of bitcoins, a type of digital currency, according to the Examiner.