by Martyn Wingrove Shipping needs an anonymous reporting scheme for cyber threats and attacks to prevent the same mistakes happening time and again. All shipping companies face cyber threats, regardless of…
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Cyber threat is now on everybody’s radar
by Edwin Lampert Just three short years ago the cyber security threat in the maritime industry was largely dismissed. Attitudes varied according to the size of an organisation and type of trade.…
UK blames Russia for 'malicious' NotPetya cyber-attack
The Russian military was directly behind a “malicious” cyber-attack on Ukraine last summer that spread across Europe, British ministers have said. The UK government has taken the unusual step of…
Is blockchain the answer to security risk in supply chains?
By Madeline Bennett Digital connections add new security risks to the supply chain. Companies including IBM and Maersk believe blockchain may provide the answer Cyber attacks such as the Target breach…
IT 'heroes' saved Maersk from NotPetya with ten-day reinstallation bliz
4,000 servers, 45,000 PCs and 2,500 apps all rebuilt, while other staff went manual By Richard Chirgwin It’s long been known that shipping giant Maersk suffered very badly from 2017’s…
NotPetya ransomware attack cost us $300m – shipping giant Maersk
IT crippled so badly firm relied on WhatsApp By Iain Thomson The world’s largest container shipping biz has revealed the losses it suffered after getting hit by the NotPetya ransomware…