Maritime tech company Voyager Worldwide has become the latest big name in maritime to be hit by a cyber-attack. Since 2 December, all systems have been taken offline at the navigation services and solutions provider, which supports more than 1,000 shipping companies as customers around the world.
Voyager Worldwide offers solutions and provides vessels, ship operations and management a multifaceted view of what is happening in the current complex maritime environment.[1] Voyager touts that they provide trusted worldwide to deliver robust navigation and ship management services and solutions which to date are used by over 11000 vessels and have saved our customers many thousands of dollars in increased productivity, efficiency and purchasing savings.
“As this is an ongoing investigation, and our priority is keeping the impact of the incident contained, the time frame for recovery could shift,” Voyager stated on its site, aiming initially to get its systems back online this week. Mandiant, a cyber security firm, is assisting Voyager’s internal team in responding to the attack.[2]
Among Voyager’s range of services is a cyber security and protection portfolio.
A shipping cyber security survey published earlier this year by maritime cyber security company CyberOwl, maritime innovation agency Thetius and law firm HFW, found that 44% of respondents reported that their organization has been the subject of a cyber-attack in the last three years. Of those, 3% resulted in a ransom being paid by the victim to the attacker, at an average cost of $3.1m.
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[1] https://voyagerww[.]com/about-us/
[2] https://splash247.com/voyager-worldwide-hit-by-cyber-attack/
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