The Fili district of Moscow became the site of a traffic jam on Thursday. One of the city's main thoroughfares was used by hackers to order dozens of drivers to cover it. The act caused traffic on a part of the street to come to a standstill for about 40 minutes. Several dozen drivers received bulk orders to the Fili district of Moscow on the morning of September 1st. In a statement shared with Russia's state-owned TASS news agency, Yandex said it reworked its route to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future. One of the first instances of hackers creating a traffic jam is the event. Someone hacked #YandexTaxi and ordered all available taxis to Kutuzov Prospect in Moscow Now there is a huge traffic jam with taxis. It‘s like James Bond movie. pic.twitter.com/IatuAEtA2i
The hacktivist collective is behind the incident, according to several accounts on the social networking site. The group worked with the IT Army of Ukraine to carry out the attack, according to an account.
The Kremlin and the Ministry of Defence were among the Russian websites that were taken down. The group said they couldn't help but support the Ukrainian people because of the attacks they had been facing.
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