Public Transportation “Deutschlandticket” Launch in Germany Disrupted by Ransomware Attack
INCIDENT
Hannover transport company Üstra suffered a cyberattack with significant operational fallout. The display boards at stations and railways as well as email and telephone traffic in customer service only partially worked throughout the weekend. Since then, Üstra employees have probably been trying feverishly to get the computer systems under control before the planned start of sales of the "Deutschlandticket" on Monday. That didn't work.
The hackers penetrated the IT systems with a contaminated email attachment that encrypts files. Üstra did not want to say anything about the ransom demand for investigative reasons.
Incident Date
March 31, 2023
Location
Estimated Cost
Ticket sales discontinued - nationwide campaign disrupted.
Victims
Type of Malware
Threat Source
No threat source identified