TfL cyber attack disrupts online services for weeks
A cyber attack on Transport for London forced it to restrict staff access and take some customer services offline, including Oyster refunds and live data feeds, for several weeks; a 17-year-old was arrested.
- Service
- Transport for London
- Date
- 1 September 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- UK
- Source
- CM-Alliance ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “TfL cyber attack disrupts online services for weeks”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 1 Sep 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-09-01-transport-for-london-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: CM-Alliance, https://www.cm-alliance.com/cybersecurity-blog/top-10-biggest-cyber-attacks-of-2024-25-other-attacks-to-know-about.
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