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Threat Actors & CampaignsEmerging1 sourceSep 17, 2026 · 14:43via Graham Cluley

US Coast Guard and FBI board oil tanker to investigate cyber attack

Brief

An oil tanker bound for Texas was boarded mid-voyage by the US Coast Guard and FBI last month, after its network may have been compromised by malicious hackers.

According to the US Coast Guard, the supertanker was boarded after indications that the network "may have been compromised by a foreign actor."

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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