MCAD Maritime Cyber Attack Database
Year2014 |
MonthJuly |
Reference number20140701 |
Impact areaVessel |
Incident locationGalapagos Islands |
Incident countryEcuador |
Victim countryEcuador |
Victim identityChinese fishing fleet (260 vessels) |
Victim TypeVessel |
MethodGoing Dark |
In a timespan of multiple years, about 260 vessels of the Chinese fishing fleet have turn off their AIS system so they could enter the EEZ territory around the Galapagos Islands. This area is an international no-fishing zone, but by turning off their AIS, the vessels could enter the waters without being traced. That way they could illegally undergo fishing activities in de EEZ. These illegal fishing activities have resulted in multiple arrests.
