The spokesperson for Auckland Transport (AT) said they believed this attack was is in fact linked to the most recent one, in which a ransomware gang known as Medusa demanded a US $1 million ransom and threatened to post AT’s data online if it was not paid.
“The current issue is a malicious attempt to disrupt the traffic to our website, by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic – a distributed denial-of-service attack,” the spokesperson stated. “Customers are experiencing intermittent issues accessing our website, AT Mobile App, AT Park, Journey Planner and public information displays[…]We are working to maintain security and access to our website but anticipate these issues unfortunately may be ongoing for some time.”
AT further confirmed that it is “confident” that no customer data or financial details have been stolen.
Medusa’s Attack on AT
AT was attacked by the Medusa ransomware gang on September 14. Dean Klimpton, the CEO of AT, responded to a Herald report on Medusa’s attack where the attackers had threatened to post AT data on the dark web if a US$1 million ($1.7 million) ransom was not paid.
“AT is aware that Medusa has publicly announced a ransom for data,” Klimpton said. “We have no interest in engaging with this illegal and malicio
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