Vals Anderson Shipagency hit by Play

Year

2022

Month

Reference number

20220044

Impact area

Shore

Incident location

Sweden

Incident country

Sweden

Victim country

Sweden

Victim identity

Vals Anderson Shipagency

Victim Type

Shipagency

Method

Ransomware

Attacker country

Russia

Summary:

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.

Reference URL

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fae4682cc2b52123f436f99/t/644a5cefc33989668ea68c92/1682595078532/NORMA+Cyber_Annual+Threat+Assessment_2023_TLPWHITE.pdf