Shipping company K Line hit by malware attack in Japan

Summary:

In March 2021, Japan based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) was attacked with the use of malware. There had been an unauthorised access to the overseas subsidiary systems. Also malware infection was introduced on local IT environment. The impact of the attack lead to temporarily shut down of the companies enterprise systems and its external connections. System disruptions took place as well. It took until April 21st before the company could report that the recovery had been completed.

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https://insurancemarinenews.com/insurance-marine-news/k-line-confirms-cyber-breach/
https://safety4sea.com/k-line-issues-apology-after-yet-another-cyber-attack/
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https://www.klpl.com.sg/2021/06/25/notice-of-cyber-security-incident/