They steal the data of the 63.000 users of Bicimad, the bicycle rental service in Madrid
The EMT has denounced the attack on the Police, which occurred last Monday by an unidentified offender
As reported by daily abc, the data of about 63.000 users of Bicimad they were discovered last Monday after a new "hack" of the system.
The offender, still unidentified, had access to names and surnames, balance information and, presumably, the security of the service, although the purpose of the attack is also unknown.
The Municipal Transport Company (EMT), dependent on the Environment and Mobility Area and in charge of managing bicycle rental, reported the events to the Police that same day, as well as taking measures to correct possible vulnerabilities in the network.
The attack through the Wi-Fi of 8 stations
The intrusion was made through the eight-station Wi-Fi and was detected because on the screens installed at street level a series of unusual letters and without any order or sense.
Municipal sources detailed that although the "hacker" yes was able to access the balance of each of the accounts, but no to bank transactions, so in principle the theft is ruled out
Discarded the economic damage to the users, however, there was a direct damage to the system and municipal coffers, taking into account the expenses associated with hours of work, operation and equipment.
From the Environment and Mobility they indicate that for the moment they do not know the amount of these annoyances and that it is still to be assessed, as well as their commitment to inform about the news of the case in the different channels.
Ongoing research
The police investigation is now focused on determining who is behind this attack on Bicimad's software and what the criminal's claims were. Beyond these inquiries, EMT has shut down the system to ensure data security.
This operation, which will last a week, explains the problems of users in recent days. Thus, the bicycle rental will continue to work, but no credit recharges or new customers can be registered.
The Department of Environment and Mobility, led by Borja Carabante, points out to ABC that the facts are an example that the municipalization of Bicimad by Manuela Carmena was carried out "without auditing the contracts and systems", a procedure that, according to the authors it would have made it possible to detect failures of this type.
There are no previous results.
