The Hit Farm

Contrary to what some readers angrily claimed it would not do, the Federal Communications Commission has opened an investigation into the BART Cell Phone Service Interruption Scandal. The claim in this space was that BART's turning off station cell Early on in your quest to complete Beaver Valley (the first section of the Pioneer Trail), [...]

Anonymous has delivered on earlier threats to hack BART after the San Francisco Bay Area transit entity "pulled a Mubarak." Wireless data service was killed in some stations last week, after BART supervisors got word 3:03 PM: A marketing website for BART, MyBart.org, was hacked today and data for hundreds of users was stolen and [...]

SAN FRANCISCO — The infamous international hacker network 'Anonymous' has announced it is taking action against the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) after revelations that BART officials deliberately blocked cell (Link) BART shut down cell service to disrupt protests on train platforms, saying it would be unsafe. (Photo (cc) Flickr user adactio) Hackers are [...]

An alert on the Bay Area Rapid Transit website is notifying riders about protests that may disrupt service at San Francisco stations Thursday. By Kristin J. Bender OAKLAND — BART has the oldest fleet of transit cars in the nation and asked for the public's input and feedback as it rolled out three designs for [...]