Moscow traffic chaos caused by ride-hailing app hack

By news@appleinsider.com (Malcolm Owen) 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, …

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