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Luas Website Security Vunerabilities

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  • 03-01-2019 12:10pm
    #1
    off.the.walls
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭


    https://www.rte.ie/news/technology/2019/0103/1020070-luas-website/

    Interesting to see the persons not really making a larger demand for bitcoins considering that they've managed to take the whole Luas website down. A lot of discussions i've seen are people saying that this person isn't really ransoming them and just wants to point out the security issues.

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    #2
    muckwarrior
    Registered Users Posts: 4,054 ✭✭✭muckwarrior


    Sounds to me like they're bluffing. Apparently the website was basically just a brochure website with some info and maps. The "I tried to tell you" message could be just to maximise the victim's embarrassment, and a single bitcoin is low enough that the victim might capitulate.


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    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    According to the thread on AH, they took payments via the website and other things, so could be a data breach there.

    They still don't have the site back up yet.


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    #4
    off.the.walls
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭off.the.walls


    Eeek still down, placeholder page on it now.


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    #5
    markpb
    Registered Users Posts: 9,257 ✭✭✭markpb


    off.the.walls wrote: »
    Eeek still down, placeholder page on it now.

    That's a long time for recovery!


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