'Russian' rail hacker attack causes ticket disruption

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 23 - A hacker attack on the Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS), thought to have come from Russia, has caused disruption to ticket sales, FS said Wednesday.
    It said the attack, which began Wednesday morning, had featured "phenomena linked to a cryptolocker virus infection".
    Ticket sales have been deactivated at counters and in self-service machines in stations while online sales are still working.
    The services were still down Wednesday afternoon.
    Sources said the attack was carried out via ransomware introduced into the one of the accounts of the system administrators or service managers.
    Since the 'gateway' through which the virus got in has not yet been identified, a range of ticketing services have been deactivated.
    Italian security sources said the type and modus operandi of the attack made it highly likey it was the work of Russian hackers.
    (ANSA).