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Securing ships, ports and shipping networks against cyberattacks, covering shoreside IT and shipboard systems like navigation and engine controls.
Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority would gain power to designate Important Information Infrastructure under a bill tabled in Parliament this week. Parliament debates it in November 2026, so operators owe nothing new until it passes.
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Pen Test Partners says ship rules never test onboard IT, and nine years of shipping ransomware has yet to be confirmed on a vessel's own computers. Fleets moving to a single Windows domain can lose every ship's IT to one intrusion.
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Federal agencies are watching nearly 20 ships after hackers reportedly took temporary control of safety valves on the tanker Vivit Africa LNG. The FBI and Coast Guard have boarded suspect ships in the Gulf, though the valve account still rests on trade-press reports.
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The Vivit Africa LNG stopped short of the Adriatic LNG terminal after its crew lost access to some onboard control systems and reported a suspected cyberattack. The investigation is open and the gas is still aboard.
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Coast Guard Cyber Command says its teams found malicious cyber activity aboard both hulls after offshore boardings in the Gulf of Mexico, while the engine-room manipulation and the 30-hour communications outage rest on one Iranian state media report.
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The Coast Guard sent cyber specialists, a vessel inspector and FBI operators onto a tanker underway in the Gulf of Mexico after indications of compromise, and says it has so far found no danger to the crew or the environment.
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