Moscow traffic chaos caused by ride-hailing app hack

Hackers caused disruption in Moscow on September 1st, with mass orders of rides via the YandexTaxi app creating gridlock in a high-traffic area of the Russian capital.
On Thursday, visitors heading to the Kutuzovsky Prospect in Russia encountered a traffic jam. While not normally out of the ordinary for the second most congested city in the world, the incident was actually caused by hackers misusing a ride-hailing app.Hackers ordered dozens of rides using the Yandex Taxi hailing app, reports Vice, with the army of yellow cars ordered to pick up rides from one location, all at the same time. The order resulted in a traffic jam that slowed other traffic to a halt.

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September 04, 2022 at 02:48AM

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