15 Sep 2023

AT HOP system hacked

From Morning Report, 8:48 am on 15 September 2023

Hackers have attacked Auckland Transport's HOP system, knocking out a number of services for at least a week.

Online top-ups and transactions using Eftpos and credit cards are out while some ticket and top-up machines are also unavailable.

AT chief executive Dean Kimpton confirmed it was a ransomware attack, called Medusa, and no personal or financial data was believed to have been compromised.

Gorilla Technology chief executive Paul Spain spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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