Maersk cyber-attack incident
A cyber-attack targeting Maersk was covered. The timing and method of the attack, the scale of the damage and the response have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Maersk
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Denmark
Timeline
- A post covering the Maersk cyber-attack was published.
1 related reports
Other incidents at Maersk
Maersk data breach linked to legacy IT systems inherited through acquisition
Impact: Data breach confirmed; attackers claim about 100 GB stolen
Maersk confirmed that attackers gained unauthorised access to legacy IT systems inherited from a company it had previously acquired and extracted data. WhiteArmor claimed to have stolen about 100 GB and demanded $5 million. While investigating the incident, Maersk denied claims that plaintext passwords had been stolen and said the codes obtained by the attackers were expired one-time codes.
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The summary and key facts are written by AI from related reports and may contain errors. Check the original articles and the organisation’s official statements for accurate details.