Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering hit by a hacking attack in South Korea

Year

2021

Month

October

Reference number

20211002

Impact area

Shore

Incident location

Seoul

Incident country

Geoje-si

Victim country

South Korea

Victim identity

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering

Victim Type

Ship Building Company

Method

Hacking

Attacker country

North Korea

Summary:

In October 2021, , South-Korea based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering got hacked, again. For the third time, the North-Korean hackers, hacked into the computer systems of DSME. According to DSME no data was compromised, although it is unclear if any of the attacks has been successful in reaching sensitive information.

Reference URL

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/south-korean-shipbuilder-dsme-confirms-new-possible-cyber-attack
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2021/10/31/business/industry/DSME-hack/20211031174700101.html
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/06/22/north-korea-likely-behind-hack/
https://cisomag.eccouncil.org/north-korea-hacked-daewoo-shipbuilding-took-warship-blueprints-south-korea-lawmaker/