Svitzer Marine Solution hit by e-mail forwarding in Australia

Summary:

Svitzer Marine Solution got hit by e-mail forwarding attack in Australia. In this attack up to 60,000 emails from three accounts in finance, payroll and operations were secretly auto-forwarded to two external accounts between May 27 2017 and March 1 2018. This resulted in data theft, affecting almost half of the companies Australian employees. The 60,000 emails contained information on employees including tax file numbers, next of kin details, and superannuation account information. The forwarded emails originated from the company’s operating department, financial department and payroll office. It impacted more than 400 employees at the Shipping Company.

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https://splash247.com/maersk-hit-another-cyber-attack/
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