Stefan Mileschin

ooh ahh

Pirates are starting to experiment with taking over ships without needing to risk boarding them.

In February 2019, a large container ship sailing for New York identified a cyber intrusion on board that startled the US Coast Guard. Though the malware attack never controlled the vessel's movement, authorities concluded that weak defenses exposed critical functions to "significant vulnerabilities."

The pirates were not successful but it did highlight a vulnerability that shipping might face in the future, particularly as unmanned boats take to the waves. If cyber pirates can penetrate on-board technology that's replacing old ways of steering, propulsion, navigation and other key operations they can take a ship where ever they like and board it and empty it at their leisure.

https://fudzilla.com/news/55075-sea-...g-to-high-tech