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French container shipping company CMA CGM was hit by a major cyber-attack on 27 September 2020, which disrupted its daily operations.  According to Lloyd’s of London Intelligence sources, several of the company’s Chinese offices were affected by Ragnar Locker ransomware.   CMA CGM initially claimed that their booking system was disabled by an internal IT issue, but later confirmed “external access to CMA CGM IT applications are currently unavailable” after the ransomware attack.

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Close to 90 percent of all commerce is shipped via maritime transportation.  Lloyd’s of London report combined container throughput figures regarding the top 100 international ports grew by 2.5 percent in 2019.  Splash247 has posted an interesting article explaining that the Chinese government may be toying with supply chain data systems, creating concerns in maritime transportation. 

“There has been progress within the maritime and shipping sector in creating a digital maritime ecosystem that i