{"id":551857,"date":"2021-06-03T22:51:01","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T02:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=551857"},"modified":"2021-06-03T22:51:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T02:51:02","slug":"officials-confirm-n-y-mta-system-was-hacked-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-confirm-n-y-mta-system-was-hacked-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials confirm N.Y. MTA system was hacked in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fofficials-confirm-n-y-mta-system-was-hacked-in-april%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=551857&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2417015\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2417015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway conductor prepares to leave a station. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:40 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, June 3, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Officials confirmed New York City\u2019s MTA system was hacked back in April. Officials confirmed the breach on Wednesday, where three of the transit agencies 18 systems were impacted by hackers linked to a group based in China.<\/p>\n<p>Following joint alerts from the FBI, NSA and CISA, the MTA chief technology officer said they were able to act quickly and aggressively. He added, a forensic audit found no evidence operational systems were impacted, no employee or customer information breached, no data lost and no changes to vital systems.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the agencies existing multi-layered security system prevented the attacks spread to other internal systems, adding it continues to strengthen. As a precautionary measure, MTA forced a password change on nearly 4,000 users. Although, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D) stresses more action needs to be taken.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2417016\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2417016\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2417016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21148661207916-637x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after final votes going into the Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 28, 2021. Senate Republicans successfully blocked the creation of a bipartisan commission to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by rioters loyal to former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)\" width=\"637\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21148661207916-637x437-1.jpg 637w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21148661207916-306x210.jpg 306w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21148661207916-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21148661207916-1536x1054.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21148661207916-2048x1406.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2417016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after final votes going into the Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 28, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe need to up our game. We have to do much more to guard against these cyber attacks. Russia, China, Iran, allow these private hackers to roam free at will and there may be government connections one way or another to some of them, particularly in Russia,\u201d said Schumer.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer added, as cyber attacks have become a global threat, our knowledge into cybersecurity needs to be shared in a better and more secure way.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wall-to-wall-private-jobs-report-with-chris-markowski\/\">Wall To Wall: Private Jobs Report With Chris Markowski<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) subway conductor prepares to leave a station. 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