Sunday, August 14, 2011

Anonymous and Bay Area Rapid Transit

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=8306165
Excerpt:
They promised to retaliate: Today, the world-wide hacking organization Anonymous struck a BART website.

The attack was in response to BART shutting down the cell phone network for its riders last week, and Anonymous says it won't stop with today's disruption -- it plans more havoc for tomorrow.
The group threatened to wage cyber war on BART beginning at noon on Sunday. By 12:30 p.m., the agency's main website at BART.gov was up and running as usual, but its promotional website, MyBART.org, bore the distinct markings of the hacker group.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carole_Ward_Allen
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Carole Ward Allen is an African American politician, professor, scholar, artist, businesswoman, political consultant, transportation leader, community organizer, member of the Democratic Party and was an elected member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District Board of Directors. She represented District 4 (Oakland, California and Alameda, California), where she served three terms. Director Ward Allen was first elected by voters on November 3, 1998. She is noted as one of the greatest transportation leaders of the Bay Area, and recognized as "the most accomplished BART Director of all time." [Citation Needed] This has come about due to her efforts as a BART Director who is seen for getting the most accomplished, and setting the example by leading BART as an organization in to an era of change. Carole Ward Allen changed policies, procedures, operations, and reformed the BART Police Department with assistance from the California State Legislator and members of the general public under her watch. In addition to her accomplishments, she hired the first woman to serve as general manager or CEO of the entire BART organization, Dorothy Dugger.



http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/transportation/2011/04/former-bart-lawyer-takes-over-general-manager

Former BART lawyer takes over as general manager

Sherwood Wakeman
Doroty Dugger
Former BART legal counsel Sherwood Wakeman will take over as interim General Manager of the agency beginning April 23. (Courtesy photo)
A sharply divided BART board finalized the severance package of outgoing General Manager Dorothy Dugger on Thursday and announced a temporary replacement who will earn $160 an hour.
Sherwood Wakeman, a former BART legal counsel, will take over as interim general manager April 23. Wakeman, who has twice served as interim BART general manager before, will earn $160 an hour.


Read more at the San Francisco Examiner: http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/transportation/2011/04/former-bart-lawyer-takes-over-general-manager#ixzz1V40UxKsm

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