Third Tanker Incident Raises Global Maritime Cyber Alert

A suspected cyberattack disrupted internal control systems aboard the Vivit Africa LNG tanker, marking the third recent maritime incident under investigation. US authorities are monitoring nearly 20 vessels worldwide after two confirmed attacks on tankers near the Strait of Gibraltar, although CISA found no evidence that attackers gained control of the ships. Separately, Anthropic identified an Iran-linked threat actor using Claude to research shipboard vulnerabilities, maritime communications equipment, and US naval movements. No public evidence currently connects that activity to the tanker incidents, and the Vivit Africa disruption remains unattributed.

Reference: cybernews.com