‘A hot mess’: VTA ransomware attack strands riders with disabilities
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/26/a-hot-mess-vta-ransomware-attack-strands-riders-with-disabilities/
As she got ready to go to work last Monday morning, 40-year-old Amanda Evans expected to see the Valley Transportation Authority paratransit bus she uses for her daily commute pull up outside her Santa Clara home around 8 a.m.
Unbeknownst to Evans, VTA had been struck by a cyberattack over the weekend that had forced the shutdown of many of the transit agency’s core computer systems — including the one that tracks reservations for paratransit service.
‘A hot mess’: VTA ransomware attack strands riders with disabilities
Apr 27, 2021, 1:26pm UTC
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/26/a-hot-mess-vta-ransomware-attack-strands-riders-with-disabilities/
> As she got ready to go to work last Monday morning, 40-year-old Amanda Evans expected to see the Valley Transportation Authority paratransit bus she uses for her daily commute pull up outside her Santa Clara home around 8 a.m.
> Unbeknownst to Evans, VTA had been struck by a cyberattack over the weekend that had forced the shutdown of many of the transit agency’s core computer systems — including the one that tracks reservations for paratransit service.