Shipping company HMM hit by a Malware in South Korea

Year

2021

Month

June

Reference number

20210603

Impact area

Shore

Incident location

Seoul

Incident country

South Korea

Victim country

South Korea

Victim identity

Hyundai Merchant Marine

Victim Type

Shipping Company

Method

Malware

Summary:

In June 2021, South-Korea based HMM (Hyundai Merchant Marine) was hit with a virus. Due to a phishing attack, a virus was able to infiltrate the email systems. HMM said that its email servers in all areas except for America and Europe remain impacted by the unauthorised security breach. Impacted indicates in this scenario that the email system could not be used.

Reference URL

https://splash247.com/hmm-confirms-cyber-attack/
https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/technology/hmm-email-systems-hit-cyber-virus-attack
https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/hmm-reveals-it-had-suffered-a-cyberattack-on-its-email-servers/
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/hmm-hit-by-cyber-attack/