SMART PARKING METERS COMPANY HACKED AND INFECTED WITH RANSOMWARE

A major company that manufactures smart parking meters and other variants of parking control technology in various cities around the world suffered a cyber attack that led to the leaking of some confidential documents, in addition to leaving multiple systems encrypted with ransomware.

CivicSmart also integrates its systems with popular mobile apps that drivers use to power the meter, such as Parking Panda and ParkMobile.

The affected company is Milwaukee-based CivicSmart. This firm sells parking meters with functions such as mobile payment processing and that include hardware and software of its own development. The attack reportedly occurred with a variant of the Sodinokibi ransomware (also known as REvil). The leaked documents were posted on a website controlled by hackers; According to cybersecurity experts, criminals do this as a way to put pressure on affected companies.

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