Year2022 |
Month |
Reference number20220044 |
Impact areaShore |
Incident locationSweden |
Incident countrySweden |
Victim countrySweden |
Victim identityVals Anderson Shipagency |
Victim TypeShipagency |
MethodRansomware |
Attacker countryRussia |
In 2022, Vals Anderson Shipagency, a ship agency in Sweden, experienced a ransomware attack by Play. The incident disrupted the company’s shipping coordination services, reflecting the increasing targeting of smaller maritime firms by ransomware actors seeking to exploit the sector's interconnected nature.