USCG: Cyberattack Penetrated Cargo Facility’s Operating Controls

In a marine safety bulletin issued in December, the U.S. Coast Guard warned the maritime community to harden defenses against phishing and cyberattacks after a new outbreak of encryption ransomware at a maritime facility.

In the bulletin, the USCG disclosed a recent virus attack at an unnamed Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA)-regulated facility. As the U.S. implementation of the ISPS code, the MTSA covers a wide range of maritime facilities, including barge fleeting areas, commercial ports and terminals. (In some tech industry news outlets, the attack has been misreported as a malware infection at a U.S. Coast Guard-operated facility.)

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Source: maritime-executive.com