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Transport for London , the government consistence superintend the U.K. capital ’s public transit system , said it is experiencing on-line outages due to an “ on-going cyber security incident ” set to drag into the weekend .
TfL , which runs the London Underground ( known as the Tube ) , buses and tram across London , aver that while the city ’s public transit system is “ operating as usual , ” several customer - look scheme are offline , include some ticketing systems and its online real - time Tube arrival entropy .
Details of the incident remain scarce . TfL disclosed the cyberattack on September 2 , and said that it took action to “ preclude further admittance to its organization . ”
In abrief update on its websiteon Friday , TfL allege it has no evidence yet that any customer data was compromised in the cyberattack .
TfL spokesperson Princess Mills declined to serve TechCrunch ’s specific head about the incident , admit what grounds , such as log , the governing body has to determine if any data was steal . TfL also turn down to make the executive who oversees cybersecurity available for an consultation .
In a abbreviated statement attributed to TfL ’s chief technology officer Shashi Verma , the transfer meshwork confirmed it “ identified some shady natural process on Sunday and took action to limit access . ”
According to the cyber incident page as of Friday , TfL order , “ many of our faculty have circumscribe admission to organization and electronic mail and , as a result , we may be delayed or ineffective to respond to your query or any webforms previously submitted . ”
consort tosources speaking to BBC News , TfL employees have been recount to put to work from home , as much of the organization ’s back - agency system at its home office are sham .
A follow-up by TechCrunch of TfL ’s public - look web base shows much of the organisation ’s system are no longer online , or have been restricted from accessing the public net , likely in an campaign to keep apart the intruders and prevent further admittance .
At the time of writing , TechCrunch find several TfL systems , including its employee log - on portal , were still accessible from the internet .
update with post - publish comment from TfL.
