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Los Angeles transport system hack takes weeks to recover from

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The Los Angeles transport system was hacked, and recovery took weeks. Israeli researchers concluded that Iranian hackers carried out the attack, and there was also analysis pointing to Iranian intelligence as being behind it.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Being confirmed
Incident type
Hacking & intrusion
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Weeks needed to restore the transport system
Cause / method
External hacking
Location
United States

Timeline

  1. Israeli researchers attributed the breach of the Los Angeles transport system to Iranian hackers.
  2. The researchers' analysis naming Iranian intelligence as behind the hack was made public.

3 related reports

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