Transport for London deal with 'cyber security incident'

Transport for London (TfL) are dealing with an ongoing cyber security incident, but have said there is no evidence that any customer data has been compromised.

TfL sent an email to customers saying they are working closely with the relevant government agencies to respond to the incident.

TfL’s chief technology officer Shashi Verma said: “We have introduced a number of measures to our internal systems to deal with an ongoing cyber security incident."

He added: "The security of our systems and customer data is very important to us and we will continue to assess the situation throughout and after the incident.

"Although we’ll need to complete our full assessment, at present there is currently no evidence that any customer data has been compromised.

"There is currently no impact to TfL services and we are working closely with the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Centre to respond to the incident.”