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Airbus SE and Alstom SA are deepening a partnership on cybersecurity to counter threats they say are growing against rail transport systems.
The French plane and train manufacturers signed a cooperation agreement to provide security systems to rail operators, according to a statement on Wednesday.
The move comes as cross-country networks and urban metros and trams become increasingly reliant on software.
“It’s a really important issue for the rail industry,†Eddy Thesee, vice-president of cybersecurity at Alstom, said.
Networks have grown into major data treatment centres that have the same vulnerabilities as more classic software operations, he said.
A ransomware attack on German train operator Deutsche Bahn AG in 2017 caused computer turmoil, while a similar
incident in San Francisco a year earlier affected the city’s transit system.