Maritime cybersecurity in Japan - Disclosed incidents

Most impacted maritime activities - Japan

• Shipowner: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (22.2%)
• Fishing: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (22.2%)
• Port: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (22.2%)
• Industry: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (11.1%)
• Manufacturer: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (11.1%)
• Logistics: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (11.1%)

Incident types - Japan

• Virus/Ransomware: 6 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (66.7%)
• Intrusion: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (11.1%)
• Data leak: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (11.1%)
• Denial of Service: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (11.1%)

Maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed - Japan

Date	Type	Victim	Incident summary
04/07/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Port	A port is victim of a ransomware attack.
06/09/2022	Denial of Service	Port	The website of a Port Authority is targeted by a Distributed Denial of Service attack.
04/06/2022	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A freight forwarding company is victim of a ransomware attack.
01/06/2022	Data leak	Fishing	A fishery cooperative's customer information have been leaked due to an infection by th [...]
21/08/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Fishing	A fishing company is hit by a ransomware attack.
29/06/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Shipowner	A shipowner is hit by a viral attack on one of its overseas subsidiaries.
18/03/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Shipowner	A shipowner is hit by a viral attack.
14/12/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Manufacturer	A manufacturer of - amongst others - marine motors is hit by a ransomware attack.
11/08/2011	Intrusion	Industry	Cyberattack targeting a major industrial defence contractor.

Claimed or reported threat actors having impacted Japan

• Killnet: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (11.1%)
• Lockbit 3.0: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (11.1%)

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