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Authorities Investigate Suspected Cyber-attacks on US-Bound Tankers

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Suspected cyber-attacks were found on tankers bound for the United States, and the US Coast Guard and the Federal Bureau of Investigation boarded the vessels to investigate. Authorities inspected the ships' operational technology and information technology systems and examined a possible link to Iran. Signs of hacking and an FBI investigation on a Korean vessel later became known.

Key facts

Affected organisation
Being confirmed
Incident type
Hacking & intrusion
Occurred / detected
Not confirmed
Scale of damage
Suspected cyber-attacks on two US-bound tankers
Cause / method
Not confirmed
Location
Other countries

Timeline

  1. It became known that the US Coast Guard boarded a Texas-bound tanker to investigate a cyber-attack.
  2. It became known that the US Coast Guard and the FBI investigated signs of cyber-attacks on two tankers.
  3. Inspections of the vessels' operational technology and information technology systems and an examination of a possible link to Iran became known.
  4. It became known that signs of hacking were also found on a Korean vessel, which was investigated by the FBI.

22 related reports

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