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I don't see any mention of USB in the article. Can you link a source?

• DanBC 9y ago
  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/22/traffic-cameras-in-victoria-infected-by-wannacry-ransomware https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jun/22/traff... > The department of justice said Victoria’s infection was not the result of a targeted attack, but was caused by a contractor mistakenly connecting infected hardware to cameras. Some sources are calling this a USB stick, the Guardian is being a bit more cautious.
  • jaimex2 9y ago
    Interesting, I always assumed the cameras transmitted the photos and data back to a source over mobile networks. Technically this means if someone gets snapped and is desperate enough ( will lose job as a result of losing licence etc ) they can turn back and destroy the evidence.
    • digi_owl 9y ago
      Now that you mention it, i recall reading about a local case where someone tried to take out a camera using dynamite. This revealed that the actual image storage was in a hardened cased buried in the ground some distance from the camera. I suspect though that these are older installs. And that newer ones, particularly those that issue tickets based on time between two cameras, are networked.