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Maritime cybersecurity for year 2018 - Disclosed incidents

8 maritime cybersecurity incidents found for 2018

Incidents table - Year 2018

Date Country Incident type Victim Incident summary
10/12/2018 IT Intrusion Offshore 400 servers of an IT-based oil company are hit it Saudi Arabia and UAE.
02/11/2018 AU Intrusion Shipyard Intrusion in a company building military ships. Data leak.
10/10/2018 CA Spearphishing Port Port hit by an attack attempt on emails.
25/09/2018 US Virus/Ransomware Port Port hit by a ransomware attack.
20/09/2018 ES Intrusion Port A port is hit by cyberattack.
01/08/2018 US Data leak Defence A couple of former US Navy members have stolen personal and confidential datas about 9000 US Navy s[...]
24/07/2018 US Virus/Ransomware Port Port hit by ransomware following a shipowner infection.
XX/01/2018 US Intrusion Defence Espionage on a subcontractor working for defence contracts.

Most impacted maritime activities - Year 2018

  • Port: 4 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incidents (50.0%)
  • Defence: 2 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incidents (25.0%)
  • Shipyard: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)
  • Offshore: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)

Most impacted countries - Year 2018

  • United States: 4 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incidents (50.0%)
  • Spain: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)
  • Canada: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)
  • Australia: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)
  • Italy: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)

Incident types - Year 2018

  • Intrusion: 4 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incidents (50.0%)
  • Virus/Ransomware: 2 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incidents (25.0%)
  • Spearphishing: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)
  • Data leak: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)

Claimed or Reported Threat Actor - Year 2018

  • China: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)
  • Ryuk: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)
  • SamSam: 1 disclosed maritime cybersecurity incident (12.5%)

Evolution - Year 2018

Files generated on Monday, 11th December 2023.
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