Officials say that should not happen in New York with the new system, which will be installed starting late next year. New York will also have another feature that London’s system uses: payment with a smartphone app, which security specialists say carries fewer security risks. He said the transit agency did need to be “mindful of the responsibility of getting that deeper reach into people’s day-to-day activity.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJon Weinstein, a spokesman for the transit agency, called safety the “No. Its system encrypts data and transmits personal data like credit card numbers using a “token,” not the old-fashioned currency of the subway but a unique digital code generated by the system. The transit agency, which said it never considered making the ransom payment, reported that its network was not breached.

Source: New York Times October 27, 2017 16:41 UTC