Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure rail ticket machines can avoid ransomware attacks.
The Department for Transport works with transport operators, including rail operators, and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to improve their resilience to cyber threats, including ransomware attacks. The NCSC, as the UK’s technical authority for cyber security, continually reviews its advice and guidance to reflect new trends and to outline how individuals and organisations can protect themselves, as well as providing swift support to organisations which fall victim to major cyber incidents, including ransomware attacks.