Hackers Target Organizations In The Naval And Maritime Sectors
On the morning of September 20th, 2018, the Port of Barcelona was hit by a cyber-attack that forced the operators of the port’s infrastructure to launch emergency procedures. A few days later, several computers at the Port of San Diego were infected with ransomware. The incident impacted the processing of park permits and record requests, as well as other operations. The incidents have raised discussion about security for these types of critical infrastructures and demonstrated that ports and other such locations are too vulnerable to cyber-attacks....