Coast Guard Issues Alert After Ship Heading Into Port Of N.Y. Hit By Cyberattack

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  1. hawki

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    "The U.S. Coast Guard has issued an official warning to owners of ships that cybersecurity at sea needs updating, and updating urgently.

    In the Marine Safety Alert published June 8, the Coast Guard "strongly encourages" that cybersecurity assessments are conducted to "better understand the extent of their cyber vulnerabilities."

    This follows an interagency investigation, led by the Coast Guard, into a "significant cyber incident" that had exposed critical control systems of a deep draft vessel bound for the Port of New York in February 2019 to what it called "significant vulnerabilities."

    The investigation concluded that the malware attack had: 'significantly degraded the functionality of the onboard computer system.'..."

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...-of-new-york-hit-by-cyberattack/#780138fc41aa
     
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