MALWAREBYTES reports on the Lock and Code S07E06 podcast, which examines Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) outages tied to aging technology and networking problems. The piece notes that BART opened in 1972 and now carries about 175,000 people on five lines to 50 stations, spanning 131 miles of track with a fleet of more than 700 cars.
On 9 May 2025, BART halted “due to what BART officials called a computer networking problem,” with reports of yellow tape at Glen Park, down systems at El Cerrito Plaza, and trains that failed to arrive at Rockridge. The outages recurred in September and again in February 2026, highlighting how the transit network’s ageing technology can disrupt service.
The podcast features an interview with Rachel Swan, transported by host David Ruiz, focusing on what went wrong in the prior outages and the broader challenges of modernising public infrastructure. A quoted line emphasises that “one piece of equipment… breaks down and they completely lose visibility,” illustrating the fragility of the system’s current setup.