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Hackers who installed two parking lots at Weert on Sunday night demanded bitcoins from the municipality.
This requirement appeared on the screens of the parking gates at Stationsstraat and in the parking lot of the Centrum-Noord office park. Heijmans did not comply with the hackers' request. According to Heijmans, it is the first time that the municipality is hit by hackers
Money
According to Heijmans, the "annoying joke" is going to cost a lot of money. The Stationsstraat car park was put back into service on Wednesday, according to Heijmans, who will reopen Thursday at Centrum-Noord. Because the barriers of the car parks were raised, the municipality lost about 1000 euros per parking space in revenue
Nieuwe not
Much more expensive is the official effort that was necessary to put everything back in order : The total of 120 parking card owners for a subscription (90) or parking package (30) has been notified and has received a new pass and all data from the computer systems has been transferred and secured. Heijmans: "I do not yet know the exact costs, but it does involve thousands of euros of official use.We have been really happy for a few days with this work."
Force Majeure
There is a small chance that the hackers could find the addresses and license plates of the affected pass holders, but the bank details were not in the system. "In addition, it is up to the police to investigate the criminals responsible for this event."
According to Mr. Heijmans, the municipality received only a few phone calls with questions of parking holders for one of the two parking lots. "It is also clearly a case of force majeure and we communicated clearly as soon as possible."
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