[...] officials shut down the system’s ticket machines, threw open the fare gates as a precautionary move, and contacted the Department of Homeland Security and their own technology division to contain the attack, they said.  The anonymous hacker used a ransomware attack — malicious software sent via email — to lock up employee computers at 900 workstations, shut down Muni’s email system and knock out the time-tracking portion of its payroll system, Rose said.  The hacker displayed messages on otherwise dark computer screens declaring “You hacked,” and asking for 100 bitcoins, a digital currency, or about $73,000.  Confidential information such as customer or employee credit and bank account numbers was never compromised, he said.  Silicon Valley venture capitalist Mahendra Ramsinghani, who invests in early-stage technology security companies, lauded Muni for quickly restoring its systems without succumbing to the ransom demand.  Ransomware attacks are an increasingly common type of cybercrime scheme in which…

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