Metropolitan Transportation Authority Systems Hacked

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The MTA document outlining the breach reckoned that in April a hacker organization having links to the Chinese government breached the computer systems of the Metropolitan transport authority, highlighting vulnerabilities in a large transit network that carries millions of people every day. 

Transit officials also said that the hackers did not have access to systems that do not jeopardize the operation of train cars and driver safety, stressing that there was minimal harm if any to the intruder. 

Transit authorities said that a forensic assessment of the attack has so far not uncovered any proof either and that attackers have not affected the personal information of consumers. The agency reported the incident to the police and other governmental authorities but has not announced it publicly. 

The intrusion was the third – and perhaps the most major – cyber attack by hackers, according to transit authorities, on North America’s largest transit network in recent times. 

According to FireEye, a private cyber-security company working with the federal government to recognize the offense said that the attack did not involve financial demands and instead appears to form part of a recent wide range of intrusions by sophisticated hackers supported by the Chinese government.