Tbilisi public transport payment terminals hacked to play pro-European messages
Public transport payment terminals in Tbilisi, Georgia, were hacked to play pro-European messages and songs. Anonymous claimed that Georgian hackers affiliated with it carried out the attack.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Pro-European messages and songs played on public transport payment terminals
- Cause / method
- Hacking of public transport payment terminals
- Location
- Georgia
Timeline
- A suspected hack in which pro-European messages played on Tbilisi public transport payment terminals came to light.
- Anonymous claimed the attack was carried out by affiliated Georgian hackers.
- It emerged that hacked buses had played pro-European patriotic songs and content critical of the government.
5 related reports
- Tbilisi public transport hit with apparent cyberattack
- Tbilisi Public Transport Allegedly Hacked, Pro-European Messages Played on Payment Machines
- Anonymous: The cyberattack on public transport was carried out by Georgian hackers affiliated with the hacker group Anonymous - this is a warning to the oppressors
- Hacked buses blare out patriotic pro-European anthems in Tbilisi, attack government
- Georgia’s Bus Fare Hack: A Digital Prank Turns Public Transport into a Global Sensation
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