Coast Guard, FBI boarded tanker after attack by ‘foreign cyber actors’
U.S. personnel boarded an oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico to “ensure integrity of the vessel’s operational and information technology systems," after an apparent cyberattack, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it boarded a tanker transiting the Gulf of Mexico in August after the vessel’s network was attacked by hackers.
A Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed the incident after the Wall Street Journal reported that at least two tankers headed for the U.S. were hit with cyberattacks. Bloomberg News identified one of the tankers as VL Prosperity, and Iranian government-backed news outlet Mehr said the ship lost communications for 30 hours.
The FBI did not respond to requests for comment and several other agencies directed Recorded Future News to the U.S. Coast Guard, which said officials boarded the ship to “ensure integrity of the vessel’s operational and information technology systems following indications that the vessel’s network were compromised by foreign cyber actors.”
Source: https://therecord.media/oil-tanker-cyberattack-coast-guard-fbi
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