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Hackers caused a major traffic jam in Moscow after exploiting the Russian ride-hailing app, Yandex Taxi, to summon dozens of taxis to the same location at the same time (via Vice<\/em><\/a>). The attack occurred on September 1st and had traffic heading towards Kutuzovsky Prospect \u2014 an already busy boulevard \u2014 stuck at a standstill.<\/p>\n

A video showing lines of taxis seemingly trying to get to the same destination was shared widely on Twitter<\/a> and Reddit<\/a> on Thursday. While Moscow is known for its heavy traffic \u2014 it ranked number two<\/a> as the world\u2019s most congested city in the world last year \u2014 this incident wasn\u2019t related to the capital city\u2019s typical traffic patterns.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the morning of September 1, Yandex.Taxi encountered an attempt by attackers to disrupt the service \u2014 several dozen drivers received bulk orders to the Fili region,\u201d Yandex Taxi said in a statement<\/a> to the Russian state-owned outlet TASS<\/em>. The ride-hailing service, which is owned by the Russian internet giant, Yandex, added that the jam lasted about 40 minutes, and that its \u201calgorithm for detecting and preventing such attacks has already been improved to prevent similar incidents in the future.\u201d Yandex didn\u2019t immediately respond to The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Yandex has yet to confirm who carried out the attack, but the hacktivist group Anonymous, claimed responsibility<\/a> for the jam on Twitter. It says it worked with the IT Army of Ukraine, a loosely organized group of hacktivists that Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov helped form<\/a> when Russia first invaded Ukraine. Anonymous declared a \u201ccyber war\u201d<\/a> against Russia earlier this year, and later claimed it hijacked Russian TV channels<\/a> with footage of the war that\u2019s considered \u201cillegal\u201d in the country. Hacktivists have since leaked troves of data<\/a> and terabytes worth of emails<\/a> belonging to the country\u2019s government agencies<\/a> and major corporations as part of an ongoing cyber campaign against Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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Source: Hackers caused a major traffic jam in Moscow after exploiting the Russian ride-hailing app, Yandex Taxi, to summon dozens of taxis to the same location at the same time (via Vice). The attack occurred on September 1st and had traffic heading towards Kutuzovsky Prospect \u2014 an already busy boulevard \u2014 stuck at a standstill. 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