Super Yacht of Chinese Billionaire hacked on Hudson River near New York City

Summary:

In July 2017 the Super Yacht, Lady May, belonging to Chinese Billionaire Guo Wengui was disabled by a cyber attack on the Hudson River near New York City. Guo accused the Chinese government of being behind the attack. The attack disabled the control systems of the yacht. It is belived the compromise occured using Guo mobile phone. According to the chief engineer, the boat started having problems with Wi-Fi as soon as the owner stepped on board. Lady May was only able to regain control of the vessel after the SIM card was removed from Guo's phone.

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https://itboat.com/news/2142-lady-may-s-152-foot-yacht-was-hacked-from-her-cell-phone https://freebeacon.com/national-security/beijing-suspected-hacking-yacht-owned-chinese-billionaire/