Maritime cybersecurity in Italy - Disclosed incidents

Most impacted maritime activities - Italy

• Port: 4 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (36.4%)
• Logistics: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (18.2%)
• Offshore: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)
• Ship: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)
• Fishing: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)
• Defence: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)
• Administration: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)

Incident types - Italy

• Virus/Ransomware: 4 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (36.4%)
• Denial of Service: 4 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (36.4%)
• Intrusion: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)
• GPS/AIS jamming/spoofing: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)
• Data leak: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)

Maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed - Italy

Date	Type	Victim	Incident summary
09/06/2023	Denial of Service	Port	The website of the Italian ports in the Tyrrhenian Sea is victim of a denial of service [...]
09/06/2023	Denial of Service	Port	The website of a port is victim of a denial of service attack claimed by a hacktivist g [...]
02/06/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Port	A company specializing in multimodal transport is threatened of data leak following a r [...]
22/03/2023	Denial of Service	Administration	The Ministry of Transport, as well as the transport regulatory authority are targeted b [...]
01/08/2022	Data leak	Defence	A company working in the missile industry for the maritime sector is concerned by a dat [...]
02/06/2022	Denial of Service	Port	Several web applications of ports are targeted by a DDoS attack.
06/01/2022	Virus/Ransomware	Fishing	A company working in the fishing sector is hit by a ransomware attack.
11/01/2022	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A logistics company working - amongst others - in the maritime domain is hit by a cyber [...]
24/06/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A multimodal logistics actor is victim of a ransomware attack.
01/12/2019	GPS/AIS jamming/spoofing	Ship	AIS spoofing off Elba.
10/12/2018	Intrusion	Offshore	400 servers of an IT-based oil company are hit it Saudi Arabia and UAE.

Claimed or reported threat actors having impacted Italy

• NoName057(16): 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (18.2%)
• Conti: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)
• Killnet: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)
• Darkrace: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (9.1%)

Files generated on Monday, 11th December 2023.
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