Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-11-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: Sacramento Regional Transit system
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Transportation and Warehousing
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Message Manipulation,Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Sacramento Regional Transit system is hit by destructive ransomware, and the attackers threaten to do more damages if the SacRT doesn't pay them the equivalent of $8,000 in bitcoins.