Transport for London hit by cyber-attack
TfL is working with National Crime Agency and National Cyber Security Centre to tackle ongoing incident but says transport system not affected.
Last night (September 2), Transport for London (TfL) – the local government body responsible for the transport network across the capital – posted news on its website that it is ‘dealing with an ongoing cyber security incident.’
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The statement continued that there is, as yet, no evidence that any customer data has been compromised and the transport system and services have not been affected.
According to BBC London, who spoke to insiders at TfL, the attack has targeted ‘backroom systems at the corporate headquarters.’ Some staff have been asked to work from home.
This is, of course, just the latest cyber attack on a high-profile organisation in the UK. The British Library is still recovering from an attack last October. Over the summer, NHS services were severely disrupted by a cyber attack on pathology firm Synnovis while in April hackers stole 3TB of sensitive files from NHS Dumfries & Galloway.
Shashi Verma, Chief Technology Officer at TfL, says: ‘We have introduced a number of measures to our internal systems to deal with an ongoing cybersecurity incident. The security of our systems and customer data is very important to us and we will continue to assess the situation throughout and after the incident.
‘Although we’ll need to complete our full assessment, at present there is currently no evidence that any customer data has been compromised. There is currently no impact to TfL services and we are working closely with the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Centre to respond to the incident.’
A spokesperson from NCSC adds: ‘We are working with Transport for London, alongside law enforcement partners, to fully understand the impact of an incident.’
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