January 17, 2023 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Omaha World-Herald, January 13, 2023) A man from Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced Friday to 18 months in federal prison for calling in threats to Union Pacific’s headquarters and other locations in Omaha in April 2021. He first called Union Pacific and said a...
January 11, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines, Oil Train, Railroad Security
(Source: Cascadia Daily News, January 10, 2023) The federal case against a Bellingham woman responsible for placing shunts along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railroad in November 2020 has officially closed, ending the two-year saga that brought questions of...
January 5, 2023 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Bleeping Computer, January 3, 2023) U.S. rail and locomotive company Wabtec Corporation has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal and sensitive information. In an announcement published at the end of 2022, Wabtec says hackers breached their network...
December 28, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Freight Waves, December 22, 2022) FreightWaves recently chatted with Miki Shifman, co-founder and chief technology officer for Cylus, a global rail cybersecurity firm headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. Shifman discusses current cyberthreats facing freight and...
December 15, 2022 | Amtrak, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Roll Call, December 14, 2022) Amtrak employees have tried to sell “high-security keys” used to operate rail switches and other “critical sensitive infrastructure,” posing security risks to passengers and crews, according to the government-owned passenger rail...
November 18, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security, UP
(Source: Los Angeles Times, November 17, 2022) Two theft rings that netted more than $18 million worth of merchandise stolen from railroad cars have been dismantled, authorities said Thursday, months after images of a sea of discarded containers along Union Pacific...
October 19, 2022 | Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Homeland Security Today, October 19, 2022) The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced a new cybersecurity security directive regulating designated passenger and freight railroad carriers. Building on the TSA’s work to strengthen defenses...
September 29, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Fergus Now, September 23, 2022) SAUK RAPIDS, Minn. — A man from Sauk Rapids is charged with attempted hijacking of a BNSF train and assaulting the engineer. Full story: Fergus Now
September 22, 2022 | BNSF, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Television station KMSP, September 21, 2022) A man is facing felony charges for allegedly attacking a train engineer with a knife, causing the victim to flee by jumping from a moving locomotive Tuesday near Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Full story:...
August 19, 2022 | Amtrak, DOT, FRA, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Railway Age, August 18, 2022) Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced on Aug. 17 $550 million in final allocations for seven Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) competitive preparedness grant programs. These allocations, the U.S. Department of...
