London’s Transit System Suffers Through Prolonged Cyberattack; Data Security a Concern

Transport for London, the governmental body tasked with running the capital’s transit system, is battling a cyberattack that has stretched into a second week. The backbone of the transit operations remains intact and fully functional; however, many of TfL’s online services and digital customer platforms are still down, an indicator of the severity of the situation.

TfL Confirms Ongoing Cyber Incident 

An update was published on the website of TfL on October 14th with regard to the cyber incident. It confirmed that a cyber incident was “still being worked on.” This came to replace its previous statement that there is “no evidence” the customer data has been breached. Now it is worded as “working to secure our systems and your data”, which sends menaces of data breaches.

The uncertainty about whether or not customer data is safe has grown since TfL took back the earlier assertion of no compromise of data. To explain whether they have the technical capability-including log analysis-to determine if customer or employee data has been stolen or exfiltrated during the attack, TechCrunch reached out to TfL. However, TfL spokesperson Thomas Canning dodged these questions. Although TfL confirmed the update to the website, it

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