Cybersecurity & oil transportation

Ongoing attacks against oil tankers

A new report details a malicious and largely unknown targeted attacks on oil tankers. First discovered in January 2014, the ongoing attacks on oil cargos began in August 2013, and is designed to steal information and credentials for defrauding oil brokers. Despite having been compromised by this cyber-attacks, which has been dubbed the “Phantom Menace,” none of the dozens of affected companies have been willing to report the invasion and risk global attention for vulnerabilities in their IT security networks.