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what is cybersecurity?
Guarding Against
Subway Scares
The New York City Metropolitan Transpor-
sc its computer systems had been breached,
for the third time. The perpetrators,
believed to be backed by the Chinese gov-
ernment, didn’t demand ransom, nor did
they access systems that controlled train
ld i at h cautionary tale for public transit systems
of
transportation agencies say they’re pre-
pared to manage cybersecurity threats,
p n lan the Mineta Transportation Institute.
Going Airborne
ly t s g n l c e e si tacks between 2019 and 2020. During this period, attacks increased by 530
e o n of these attacks, carried out by pro-Russia groups, have primarily resulted
in computer outages through distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.
By disrupting internet connections, hackers cause terrible delays, with all
s n im g wo h h r r sat naviga t ard ms . Whi e-
curi place, and pilots can still take control away from autopilot, without cyberse-
c i n r e e j y Watching Our Ride
hi 20 nn h a a e h a a e cke to be from Uber’s tech department and persuading one unfortunate employee to give
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