Container vessel hit by hacking attack en route from Cyprus to Djibouti

Summary:

In February 2017, a container vessel got hit by a hacking attack en route from Cyprus to Djibouti. The attackers, African pirates, firstly wanted to gain full control of the vessel Navigation Systems and then direct the ship to an area where they could take complete control of the ship. Due to the hack the ship couldn’t manoeuvre and the hackers took full control of ship for 10 hours. The crew attempted to regain control of the Navigation System but had to bring IT experts on board, who eventually managed to get them running again after hours of work. The availability and integrity of the CIA model would have been compromised if the vessel was completely controlled by the cyber pirates.

Reference URL

https://rntfnd.org/2017/11/25/hackers-took-full-control-of-container-ships-navigation-systems-for-10-hours-ihs-fairplay/
https://commons.wmu.se/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1662&context=all_dissertations
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57a8878837c58153c1897c2c/t/5ab3b85f88251b5549a07357/1521727638547/8PeterSchellenberger_OSM_APM18.pdf
https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/8/10/776/pdf