MSC confirms malware attack caused website outage

Cyber Security, Maritime Security 1 Minute

Marcus Hand

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has confirmed that a malware attack caused a data centre outage which led to its main customer facing websites being down for several days.

The outage at its headquarters in Geneva led to MSC.com and myMSC being offline over the Easter weekend and only back in service on Wednesday.

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Source: seatrade-maritime.com

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I entered the maritime security world in 2009, becoming Intelligence Officer for Neptune Maritime Security (now the NeptuneP2P Group). In 2012, became piracy editor for SomaliaReport.com and in 2013 became editor of MarsecReview.com and intelligence consultant for CSO Alliance, which I left in 2019. I currently work with another UK maritime security firm as a consultant and have an interest in a cyber security concern in the UK. Need a maritime security report, article or advice on maritime cyber security? contact me at: marsecnews@gmail.com

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