US airlines and railroads will have to report cyber breaches to the federal government, the Biden administration said, as officials warn of increasing danger from attempted hacks.
There have been several reported cyber attacks on the rail sector over the past year, such a breach of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority's computer systems, a ransomware attack on Toronto's transit agency and a cyberattack on the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority that caused temporary disruptions to real-time bus information.
Read More"Cybersecurity incidents affecting transportation are a growing, evolving and persistent threat," Victoria Newhouse, TSA's deputy assistant administrator, told the House Transportation Committee on Thursday.
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