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OASA faces new telematics problems after four-day outage, with stops going dark again

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Several electronic displays at OASA stops stopped showing arrival times and instead displayed “test operation.”
  • The mobile app also showed delays and intermittent vehicle locations, making it harder for passengers to track buses and trolleybuses.
  • OASA sources called the latest problem isolated and unrelated to the earlier cyberattack, saying about 10 stops lost their connection to the central system.

OASA’s passenger-information system ran into fresh problems on Tuesday afternoon, just days after a four-day blackout disabled about 1,000 smart bus stops. OASA had attributed that earlier outage to a cyberattack.

Despite assurances that the system had been restored, several electronic displays went dark again. Instead of showing arrival times for buses and trolleybuses, the screens displayed only the message “test operation,” reproducing the appearance of the major disruption recorded the previous Thursday.

The mobile telematics application also malfunctioned. Passengers faced long delays before results appeared, while vehicle locations repeatedly appeared and disappeared. That made it difficult to establish where buses and trolleybuses were and when they would arrive.

OASA sources played down the new incident, describing the problems as isolated and saying they were not connected to the cyberattack. They said about 10 stops had lost their connection to the central system and that contractor crews went immediately to the affected locations to restore service.

The latest failure has nevertheless revived questions about the stability and reliability of the telematics system, coming so soon after its most serious outage in recent years.

isolated

— OASA sourcesOASA sources used the term to characterize the latest malfunction and distinguish it from the earlier cyberattack.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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