Spain
ESP
Vectalia cyberattack impairs bus operations and passenger information in Spain
A cyberattack affecting Vectalia on 27 June 2022 made transport-related IT systems unavailable. Urban and interurban passenger transport in Alicante experienced operational difficulties associated with route and frequency GPS systems; live bus-arrival information in Alicante and Albacete stops, mobile applications and web channels remained disrupted. Vectalia deployed staff to provide passenger information manually and on 19 July still reported affected digital services.
80
Estimated severity
80 / 100
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Source reliability
95 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-06-27
Targeted Company
VECTALIA
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Spain
Affected countries
Spain
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationTransportation disruption
Affected sectors
Transportation
Affected departments
Customer ServiceInformation TechnologyLogistics & Transportation
Attack Profile
Attack types
No information
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
alicante.vectalia.eshttps://alicante.vectalia.es/vectalia-refuerza-la-informacion-presencial-en-las-paradas-de-los-autobuses/cadenaser.comhttps://cadenaser.com/comunitat-valenciana/2022/06/30/un-ciberataque-complica-la-circulacion-del-transporte-urbano-e-interurbano-en-alicante-radio-alicante/eldigitaldealbacete.comhttps://www.eldigitaldealbacete.com/2022/06/29/problemas-en-el-sistema-de-informacion-de-los-autobuses-urbanos-de-albacete/