Shipping line Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K-Line) hit by data breach in Japan

Year

2021

Month

July

Reference number

20210702

Impact area

Shore

Incident location

Tokyo

Incident country

Japan

Victim country

Japan

Victim identity

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line)

Victim Type

Shipping Company

Method

Hacking

Summary:

In July 2021, Japan based Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) was hacked. There had been an unauthorised access to the overseas subsidiary systems. The information that was stolen by the hackers was recently published online. “K” Line had just recovered from another attack, which had the same type of attack pattern.

Reference URL

https://splash247.com/k-line-apologises-for-second-hacking-incident-this-year/
https://www.eblueeconomy.com/breaking-news-k-line-apologises-for-second-hacking-incident-this-year/
https://www.databreaches.net/japans-k-line-apologizes-for-second-cyberattack-in-months/
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/japan-s-k-line-apologizes-for-second-cyberattack-in-months
https://safety4sea.com/k-line-issues-apology-after-yet-another-cyber-attack/