In Germany, the hackers attacked the system of the railway

In Germany, the hackers attacked the system of the railway

MOSCOW, may 13. /TASS/. Hackers attacked on Friday, the main rail operator in Germany, Deutsche Bahn (DB). Relevant material is presented in German media.

According to the newspaper Bild, malicious messages appeared on the monitors in train stations and platforms in different parts of the country: Frankfurt am main (Hessen) and Neustadt (Saxony).

German ZDF television, citing the interior Ministry also notes that the DB was attacked, but did not specify what consequences it led to. According to the channel, the fight against hackers in Germany is the Federal office for information security, located in Bonn.

On Friday, the hackers tried to attack computers with Windows operating system in 74 countries. Worldwide has made 45 thousand hacker attacks using virus-ransomware, with the greatest number of attempted infections have occurred in Russia.

For decryption the attackers demanded to pay $600 in Bitcoin. Criminals have used spyware software, which used the national security Agency (NSA) of the USA.

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