Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) suffered service disruptions due to a ransomware attack, causing significant inconvenience for local transportation systems. The incident, detected on December 19, 2024, led to temporary interruptions in rail services, impacting commuters. Cybersecurity experts and law enforcement were engaged to address the situation and assess potential data compromises. Although rail services resumed promptly, the Customer Service Center's ability to process ConnectCards remains affected. The extent of data theft, if any, remains undisclosed.
Source: https://securityaffairs.com/172333/cyber-crime/pittsburgh-regional-transit-ransomware-attack.html
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/pittsburgh-regional-transit
"id": "pit000122724",
"linkid": "pittsburgh-regional-transit",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "12/2024",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "",
"explanation": "Attack which create outage"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Transportation',
'location': 'Pittsburgh',
'name': 'Pittsburgh Regional Transit',
'type': 'Public Transportation'}],
'date_detected': '2024-12-19',
'description': 'Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT) suffered service '
'disruptions due to a ransomware attack, causing significant '
'inconvenience for local transportation systems. The incident, '
'detected on December 19, 2024, led to temporary interruptions '
'in rail services, impacting commuters. Cybersecurity experts '
'and law enforcement were engaged to address the situation and '
'assess potential data compromises. Although rail services '
"resumed promptly, the Customer Service Center's ability to "
'process ConnectCards remains affected. The extent of data '
'theft, if any, remains undisclosed.',
'impact': {'downtime': 'Temporary interruptions in rail services',
'operational_impact': 'Significant inconvenience for local '
'transportation systems',
'systems_affected': ['Rail services', 'Customer Service Center']},
'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': True,
'third_party_assistance': ['Cybersecurity experts']},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Pittsburgh Regional Transit',
'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}