Private data of TheBus and Handi-Van customers appears to have been hacked in an alleged ransomware attack on the company that operates the transportation services. The websites for TheBus and Handi-Van have been down for four days as the alleged attack continues.
This is the second hack of Oahu Transit Services in three years, and the FBI and Hawaii Police Department are investigating. Meanwhile, the city’s Department of Transportation Services said that the breach began around 1 a.m. Saturday.
“Our phones went down, our OTS system went down and it became pretty obvious that it was an outside intrusion into the system,” stated Roger Morton, director of the city Department of Transportation Services. “What OTS did was immediately severed all the connections to other systems that they have.”
The bus and the handi-van continue to run their routes. However, the city claims that websites, GPS, and the Holo card were purposely shut down to safeguard people’s data. It might be too late, though.
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