Tbilisi City Hall: Due to a suspected cyberattack, the passenger payment system in public transport will be temporarily disabled and transport will serve passengers free of charge

Tbilisi City Hall has issued a statement regarding various voice messages heard in public transport (buses and minibuses).

As stated in the City Hall’s statement, due to a suspected cyberattack, the passenger payment system in public transport will be temporarily disabled.

According to them, the devices will be enabled in the near future, as soon as the fault is fixed.

During this period, the transport will serve passengers free of charge.

“Due to a suspected cyberattack, the passenger payment system in public transport will be temporarily disabled. Fault has been detected and the audio recording is turned on the devices installed in public transport, the technical support of which is provided by the Bank of Georgia’s contractor companies - LLC MS+ and LLC Azri. Representatives of the relevant companies have started working promptly to eliminate the problem. The devices will be turned on in the near future, as soon as the fault is fixed. During this period, transport will serve passengers free of charge,” the Tbilisi City Hall statement said.

For information, according to citizens, Tbilisi buses and minibuses play the anthems of Georgia and the European Union, as well as voice messages of various contents from politicians.

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