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2020_034

Cruising company hit by a ransomware attack making some IT systems unavailable for days. Several [...]

Day	Month	Year	Country	Activity	Incident Type
14	December	2020	Norway	Shipowner	Virus/Ransomware

Summary

Cruising company hit by a ransomware attack making some IT systems unavailable for days. Several personal data could have been disclosed.

Victim

Hurtigruten

Claimed/Reported Threat Actor

N/A

Origin

Cybercrime

Main impact

Availability

References

Recommendations to Shipowner 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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