# Tiong Bahru Plaza mall directory screen shows WannaCry ransomware message

- Date: 2017-05-13
- Location: Singapore
- Type: Ransomware
- Sector: Retail

A ransomware message appeared on the digital directory at Tiong Bahru Plaza on Saturday 13 May 2017, photographed by a shopper and posted to Reddit and Facebook. The directory operator, MediaOnline, disconnected the boards while it installed a patch, and said the directory ran on its own network, not the malls' or tenants' networks. Reports also said screens at White Sands and a Desigual store at Orchard Central were hit.

## Sources

- [If You Run A Digital Signage Network, Did A Cyber Attack Friday Make You WannaCry?](https://www.sixteen-nine.net/?p=14687) (Sixteen:Nine)
- [WannaCry virus hits Singapore malls, a number of breaches reported](https://www.ibtimes.sg/wannacry-virus-hits-singapore-malls-number-breaches-reported-10073) (IBTimes Singapore)

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