The hackers directed dozens of taxis to the same destination.
The incident is at this stage unexplained. On September 1 in the morning, the company Yandex. Taxi, which specializes in booking taxi rides, was the victim of a cyberattack that seriously disrupted traffic in a Moscow district. Indeed, dozens of taxis were called to head for the same address, causing an unexpected traffic jam.
yandex. Taxi confirmed the existence of the cyberattack to Forbes Russia. “Hackers tried to cut Yandex service. Taxi – several dozen drivers were ordered to the Fili area“, a district of Moscow, explained the company. The drivers concerned spent more than 40 minutes in traffic jams.
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yandex. Taxi also said that the security services had quickly put an end to the disturbances and that the security measures had already been improved in order to prevent new cyberattacks from occurring in the future.
yandex. Taxi is owned by digital giant Yandex, the Russian equivalent of Google which was subject to European sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. yandex. Taxi, whose services merged with Uber in 2017, also saw its services turned upside down by the war as the American VTC behemoth decided to move away from its Russian partner. As part of Western sanctions, Uber has indeed chosen to accelerate the sale of its shares in the Russian service.
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