This is an excuse that Virgin Trains have yet to use. But I’m sure it’s only a matter of time.
Malignant computer viruses halted CSX Transportation trains and slammed corporate and government e-mail networks across the country Wednesday as security experts scrambled to respond to the second major cyber attack in as many weeks.
CSX stopped its passenger and freight trains, including morning commuter service in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, after an unidentified computer virus overwhelmed its telecommunications network.
(Link from Dodgeblogium)
