Maritime Computer Emergency Response Team (M-CERT)

Most impacted maritime activities - Germany

Industry: 5 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (18.5%)
Shipyard: 4 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (14.8%)
Defence: 3 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (11.1%)
Shipowner: 3 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (11.1%)
MRE: 3 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (11.1%)
Port: 3 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (11.1%)
Ship: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (7.4%)
Logistics: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (7.4%)
Administration: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (7.4%)

Incident types - Germany

Virus/Ransomware: 14 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (51.9%)

Denial of service: 6 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (22.2%)

Intrusion: 3 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (11.1%)

Malfunction: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (3.7%)

Scam: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (3.7%)

Spearphishing: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (3.7%)

Undisclosed: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (3.7%)

Date	Type	Victim	Incident summary
17/06/2024	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	To be disclosed
11/08/2023	Denial of service	Port	The website of a port is victim of a denial of service attack claimed by a hacktivist g [...]
07/06/2023	Denial of service	Port	The website of a port is victim of a denial of service attack claimed by a hacktivist g [...]
27/06/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	A company producing industrial automation for the maritime sector is victim of a ransom [...]
14/05/2023	Denial of service	Port	The website of the port authority of a German port is the victim of a denial of service [...]
14/05/2023	Denial of service	Administration	The website of a German administration involved in the maritime sector is the victim of [...]
09/04/2023	Denial of service	Administration	The Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure is victim of a distributed denial [...]
14/04/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Defence	A company operating in the Defence sector is victim of a ransomware attack.
12/04/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Shipyard	A shipbuilder specializing in luxury yachts is victim of a ransomware attack.
12/04/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Shipyard	A shipbuilder specializing in luxury yachts is victim of a ransomware attack.
07/03/2023	Denial of service	Defence	A company working in the Naval Defence sector is victim of a DDoS attack, launched by s [...]
20/03/2023	Virus/Ransomware	MRE	An engineering company operating in the field of renewable marine energies is threatene [...]
23/04/2022	Virus/Ransomware	MRE	A compagny working in the on shore and offshore windturbines market is hit by a ransomw [...]
07/03/2022	Spearphishing	Shipowner	The website of a shipowner is counterfeit to operate spear phishing activities.
31/03/2022	Virus/Ransomware	MRE	A MRE specialized company is hit by a ransomware cyber attack.
14/02/2022	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	A maritime engineering company is hit by a ransomware attack.
20/12/2022	Undisclosed	Shipyard	The head-branch of a naval shipyard and marine material company is hit by a cyber attack.
29/01/2022	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	A company working in the oil and gas sector is hit by a ransomware attack.
21/08/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A freight actor is targeted by a ransomware attack.
21/05/2021	Scam	Shipowner	Fake emails and invoices are manipulated by a third party. A total of 1.679 millions do [...]
15/12/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A logistics company is targeted by a ransomware attack.
28/12/2020	Virus/Ransomware	Shipowner	Cruising company hit by a cyberattack. May have also impacted its ships and other ships [...]
13/07/2017	Malfunction	Ship	Rudder failure on a ship. Software failure.
01/01/2017	Intrusion	Ship	Ship remote control claimed.
11/08/2016	Intrusion	Shipyard	A shipyard is victim of a cyberattack. Data leak.
01/03/2013	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	Cyberattack targeting the maritime industry in several countries.
XX/XX/2012	Intrusion	Defence	An industrial multinational conglomerate working for the naval sector is victim of a cy [...]

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Incident summary

The website of a port is victim of a denial of service attack claimed by a hacktivist g [...]