Maritime Computer Emergency Response Team (M-CERT)

Most impacted maritime activities - France

Defence: 7 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (17.9%)
Logistics: 6 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (15.4%)
Industry: 6 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (15.4%)
Shipowner: 5 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (12.8%)
Shipyard: 3 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (7.7%)
Organisation: 3 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (7.7%)
Port: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (5.1%)
Transport: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (5.1%)
MRE: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (2.6%)
Offshore: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (2.6%)
Classification company: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (2.6%)
Insurer: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (2.6%)
IT Services: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (2.6%)

Incident types - France

Virus/Ransomware: 25 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (64.1%)

Data leak: 4 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (10.3%)

Denial of service: 4 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (10.3%)

Intrusion: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (5.1%)

Scam: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (2.6%)

Website Compromission: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (2.6%)

Phishing: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (2.6%)

Human error: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (2.6%)

Date	Type	Victim	Incident summary
15/04/2024	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	To be disclosed
04/01/2024	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A French road transport company offering customs brokerage and ship charter services is [...]
26/06/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	A company producing industrial automation for the maritime sector is victim of a ransom [...]
05/05/2023	Denial of service	Industry	The website of player in naval defence construction is victim of a denial of service at [...]
17/04/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	A design office specializing in water-related fields is victim of a ransomware attack.
24/03/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Defence	A specialist in data processing software solutions, particularly established in the fie [...]
15/03/2023	Human error	Defence	A major player in the Defence and Naval sector is victim of a leak of confidential data [...]
05/02/2023	Virus/Ransomware	IT Services	A cloud-based management software solution is unavailable due to an attack targeting it [...]
24/02/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Defence	An engineering company specialized in safety and security equipments used by defence pr [...]
24/02/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Defence	An engineering company specializing in security equipment used in military and naval pr [...]
21/02/2023	Denial of service	Defence	A naval shipyard is targeted by a denial of service campaign orchestrated by several pr [...]
21/02/2023	Denial of service	Defence	A naval defense industrialist is targeted by a distributed denial of service attack car [...]
05/11/2023	Virus/Ransomware	Transport	A French passenger transport company is the victim of a data leak following a ransomwar [...]
19/10/2023	Denial of service	Transport	The website of a French passenger transport company is the victim of a denial of servic [...]
18/08/2022	Data leak	Industry	A company linked to naval defence industry claims to be affected by a data leak.
06/07/2022	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	A supplying company for port and naval sector is hit by a ransomware attack. Data leak.
04/07/2022	Website Compromission	Organisation	The website of a non profit organisation linked to the naval sector is compromised.
24/11/2022	Phishing	Port	A ports actors association is hit by a phishing campaign.
09/10/2022	Virus/Ransomware	Organisation	A conglomerate linked to the maritime world is hit by a ransomware.
28/01/2022	Intrusion	Shipowner	A transportation company is victim of intrusion attempts.
19/09/2021	Data leak	Shipowner	Commercial data leak.
02/06/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	A company specialized in scuba diving is targeted by a ransomware attack.
17/06/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A multimodal logistics actor is victim of a ransomware attack.
08/04/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Shipowner	A shipowner is hit by a ransomware attack.
27/04/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Organisation	A fluvial organisation is hit by a ransomware cyber attack.
01/04/2021	Scam	Offshore	A company working in the gas sector is hit by a cyber attack.
18/02/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Shipyard	A yacht building company is hit on several sites. Cost estimated at 45 M€.
27/11/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Insurer	An insuring company working for the maritime sector is hit by a cyber-attack.
20/11/2021	Intrusion	Classification company	A classification company working for the maritime sector is hit by an undetailed intrus [...]
21/10/2021	Data leak	Shipowner	Personal data leak following website update.
28/09/2020	Virus/Ransomware	Shipowner	Shipowner hit by ransomware, data leak.
20/09/2020	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	Multimodal actor hit by ransomware.
19/06/2020	Virus/Ransomware	Shipyard	Yachting shipyard hit by cyberattack.
15/03/2020	Virus/Ransomware	Port	Cyberattack on a smart port.
16/11/2020	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A logistics company is targeted by a ransomware attack.
10/01/2020	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A multimodal logistic actor is hit by a ransomware attack
24/08/2016	Data leak	Shipyard	Data leak concerning naval contracts.
01/10/2015	Virus/Ransomware	MRE	MRE company computer hit by ransomware.
12/01/2009	Virus/Ransomware	Defence	Worm spread on internal defence networks.

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Incident summary

A French road transport company offering customs brokerage and ship charter services is [...]