A parking garage used by employees of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) suffered a ransomware infection.
At the end of their morning commute on 27 March, employees of CIRA arrived at a parking garage maintained by Precise Parklink. The garage typically uses Precise Parklink’s “Automated Parking Revenue Control System” to verify visitors by scanning their parking passes. But not this morning. The garage’s barriers were already up, thereby allowing anyone to drive through and get a parking space for free.