Publicly disclosed information for this event

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2013_011

Cyberattack targeting the maritime industry in several countries.

Day	Month	Year	Country	Activity	Incident Type
01	March	2013	Australia	Industry	Virus/Ransomware

Summary

According to the source, between 2012 and 2013, a group attacked civilan and military operations in the US, Germany, Sweden, UK, Australia and other countries involved in maritime satellite systems, as well as defense contractors.

Victim

N/A

Claimed/Reported Threat Actor

Anchor Panda

Origin

Undisclosed

Main impact

Confidentiality

References

https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/whois-anchor-panda/

Recommendations to Industry to reduce Virus/Ransomware risks:

Map, understand, patch and secure your exposed assets on the Internet.
Implement email filtering systems to detect and block phishing emails.
Train your organisation, personnel regularly against these threats.
Install efficient Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) tools.
Work with your CSIRT organization to better understand the Tactics, Techniques and Procedures used by threat actors.
Monitor your IT and OT systems to quickly detect potential pre-ransomware activity.
Implement an efficient offline backup policy.
Encrypt all sensitive data to avoid further data leaks.

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