Year2023 |
MonthJune |
Reference number20230608 |
Impact areaShore |
Incident locationUSA |
Incident countryUSA |
Victim countryUSA |
Victim identityHornbec Offshore |
Victim TypeMarine transportation services company |
MethodRansomware |
In June 2023, the Cl0p ransomware gang attacked Hornbeck Offshore, an American company specializing in marine transportation services for the offshore oil and gas industry, based in Covington, Louisiana. Cl0p posted Hornbeck Offshore to its data leak site on June 30th, 2023, but provided no further details. Cl0p is a major Ransomware-as-service (RaaS) platform known for its advanced anti-analysis capabilities and has been active since 2019.