Did Russian hackers attack Bart?

(Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) A group of Russian hackers repeatedly attempted to destroy the data and internal network at BART in an apparent ransomware attack, according to an internal BART police memo obtained on Wednesday. The attack resulted in the disclosure of over 120,000 files related to BART’s police force operations.

Is Bart a target of a cyber attack?

Last week Brett Callow, a cybersecurity analyst at Emsisoft, said the group listed BART as the target of an attack. “It’s often the case that other people scrape the data,” said Callow, in an interview. “Once the data is posted on these sites there is no way of knowing where it will end up or what other people may do with it.”

Was Bart a victim of a ransomware hacker group?

Brett Callow, a cybersecurity analyst at Emsisoft, shared information on social media showing that BART appeared to be the latest victim of the prolific ransomware hacker group Vice Society, which is known for attacking government institutions, from schools to fire departments, across the world.

What happened at Bart?

The attack resulted in the disclosure of over 120,000 files related to BART’s police force operations. Among the documents, which were posted on a dark web site, were at least six unredacted reports detailing suspected child abuse, driver’s license numbers, and mental health evaluations, according to a review from NBC News.