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Ransomware attack cripples Martha's Vineyard ferry - as it's revealed China hacked NYC's MTA in April in failed bid to get control of its subway trains
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - New York City's transit system was hacked in April, it emerged on Wednesday
- Hackers from China accessed the IT services via remote log-in systems
- The MTA required 3,700 employees and contractors to change their passwords
- Transit authority said that passengers were not at risk, and no data was stolen
- It is the third time in recent years that foreign hackers have accessed the MTA
- The report of the hack came a month after the Colonial Pipeline was taken out
- On Tuesday US operations at the world's largest meat processer were stopped
- On Wednesday the ferry between Massachusetts and islands was disrupted
- Passengers traveling to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket faced delays
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