Transport for London discloses ongoing “cyber security incident”

Picture: Transport for London

Transport for London (TfL), town’s transport authority, is investigating an ongoing cyberattack that has but to affect its companies.

The company additionally added that there was no proof that buyer data was compromised throughout the incident.

“We are currently dealing with an ongoing cyber security incident,” TfL’s Buyer Info Group warned prospects over e-mail earlier and in a assertion printed on-line at this time.

“At present, there is no evidence that any customer data has been compromised and there has been no impact on TfL services.”

TfL has additionally reported the assault to related authorities businesses (together with the Nationwide Crime Company and the Nationwide Cyber Security Centre) and works carefully with them to reply and comprise the incident’s affect.

“The security of our systems and customer data is very important to us, and we have taken immediate action to prevent any further access to our systems,” the company added.

“We have introduced a number of measures to our internal systems to deal with an ongoing cyber security incident,” TfL’s chief expertise officer Shashi Verma stated in a assertion to the BBC.

TfL cyberattack

TfL additionally confirmed final July that the Cl0p ransomware gang hacked one among its suppliers’ MOVEit managed file switch (MFT) servers (hosted outdoors TfL’s methods) in Might 2023.

The Russian cybercriminals stole the contact particulars of roughly 13,000 prospects, however the transport authority stated that their banking particulars weren’t compromised.

“MOVEit is also used directly within TfL’s systems but this was not compromised,” TfL added on the time.

TfL is organized into three items that oversee London’s floor, underground, and Crossrail (the Elizabeth line collectively managed with the UK’s Transport Division) transportation methods, serving over 8.4 million metropolis residents.

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