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Computer virus bails out ticketed drivers in Australia

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(UPI) Hundreds of drivers in Australia need not pay fines for recent driving infractions, after police determined the WannaCry virus infiltrated their road-side cameras.

Officials in the state of Victoria confirmed in a report by radio station 3AW that the ransomware virus infected 55 red-light and speeding cameras. Authorities discovered the virus, which mistakenly entered the systems on a maintenance worker's USB drive, last week.

Victoria's police canceled 590 fines, but the state's acting deputy commissioner told the Independent he thinks the cameras operated properly in each case.

 

A local government spokesperson told 3AW that local officials were removing the virus from the road-side cameras.


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