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A Ddos Offers Free Parking to an Entire City

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No, it's a joke! There are hackers who just launched a cyber-attack on parking meters. Yeah, parking meters! And here's how Perm, a city with a million inhabitants in the Urals in Russia, ended up offering free parking to motorists for 4 long days. Indeed, from March 10th to 13th, Perm's automated parking system and its permparking.ru portal took an attack by denial of service so massive that no one could pay for its place.
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A Ddos Offers Free Parking to an Entire City

No, it's a joke! There are hackers who just launched a cyber-attack on parking meters. Yeah, parking meters! And here's how Perm, a city with a million inhabitants in the Urals in Russia, ended up offering free parking to motorists for 4 long days. Indeed, from March 10th to 13th, Perm's automated parking system and its permparking.ru portal took an attack by denial of service so massive that no one could pay for its place.

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Korben broke the news in on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
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