On 25 july, cosco shipping issued a statement on its personal website and major social accounts stating that its american company website had been paralysed by hacker attacks。
According to the united states local media, long beach telegraph, the incident took place 24 days local time。
This resulted in the failure of the website's e-mail system and the inability of clients to use the website's electrician function to submit predefined requests, shipping instructions and modification information。
However, according to the announcement made by china-wide shipping on various websites and social media pages, the incident did not disrupt its global shipping operations, “to date, all of the company's vessels have operated normally and the company's main operations have been stable”
In the bulletin, china-wide shipping also stated that the company had now closed its united states company website to other regional sites, but that business in the americas was still ongoing。
In addition, china-wide shipping made available mailboxes for temporary communications on the front page of its united states company website。
Long beach telegraph reported that, following the incident, a spokesperson from long beach port named lee peterson stated that the port was monitoring the situation and investigating the impact of the cyber attack; the international federation of piers and warehouses (internatio)Nal loThe spokesman for ngshore & warehouse union, craig merilles, stated that the extent of the breach of the dock system was not known at present。
A spokesperson for the shanghai headquarters of the china-wide shipping group confirmed the incident on 24 december and stated that the company's operations outside the united states had not been affected and that all ship and dock operations were operational as usual。
Currently, the company has not given the specific time required to resume full operations。
The experts indicated that, to some extent, the potential for hacker attacks was proportional to the value of the target, and that the shipping industry was an important place in the international economy and thus one of the targets。
In december last year, at the joc port performance conference held in elizabeth, new jersey, the organization stated that cyberattacks are now likely to become more frequent and that ports, terminal operators, airlines and shippers must take precautions to mitigate risks and businesses should develop recovery plans accordingly。
Network attacks in the shipping industry have been frequent, with long-range maritime transport having previously been safer
In june last year, the maski group was also attacked by the not petya network. According to previous disclosures by the maski group, the attack resulted in a loss of profits of approximately $300 million。
According to a query by the watcher network, after the maski group was hit by a cyber attack, china-wide shipping announced on its official network that, as a result of its business relationship with the maski group, it had carried out a comprehensive inspection and upgrading of website security, prepared multiple emergency measures, and advised customers to pay close attention to the announcements issued on social platforms by the china-wide shipping group。
Last november, clarkson plc, the world's largest shipping broker, was subjected to hacker attacks。
In addition, in august 2011, the iranian national shipping company received cyberattacks, which resulted in the destruction of data relating to freight charges, loading schedules and cargo details
(a) in 2013, belgium uncovered cases in which hackers were involved in drug trafficking by mixing containers containing drugs into legal cargo through container handling information that infiltrated the antwerp dock operating system
In fact, earlier this year, the china-wide shipping group, in cooperation with the lr classification society, further strengthened cyber-security protection from the mid-middle sea white sheep cruise。
Weaknesses in the safety of shipping networks, with serious theoretical consequences
John boles, former head of the global network operations and investigations department of the united states federal bureau of investigation (fbi), has stated in the context of cyberattacks against the maski group that, for the shipping industry, a large amount of equipment is connected via the internet, and a large amount of data is transmitted through the internet, which increases the network security risks in the shipping industry; it is even more worth noting that the shipping industry is increasingly at risk of cyberattacks as more supply chain services become network-based。
Boles added that, in addition to the blackmail virus attacks, hackers were even ready to launch cyberattacks using new technologies being developed, such as 3d printing. “i have learned of at least two cases, where criminals have used 3d printers to copy keys and unlock containers, and similar cases may be more likely in the future.”
There are also typical cases in which somali pirates have infiltrated the ship system through a home-made computer system to obtain information on all cargo manifests, identify containers that carry high cargo and target robbery. In addition, pirates seek to invade ship navigation systems and alter weather patterns; there are also smugglers who invade databases in ports to facilitate drug smuggling。
Even in theory, hackers can remotely control the ship's navigation system, cause oil spills and even explosion sunk, although most of the current cyber-security incidents are very small and have little impact。
Even without extortion or robbery, the shipping industry is exposed to hacker attacks that could disrupt shipping order. In the case of new york and new jersey, the two largest ports on the east coast of the united states, the slow pace of transport last summer was triggered by a global cyber attack 4,500 miles away, which resulted in a container six to eight hours late, with a long list of containers waiting to be loaded。
Following the attack on the maski group, governments, businesses and experts have focused on the security of ships and ports, and the international maritime organization, the world's largest international shipping organization, bimco, including the united states navy, has issued guidelines on cybersecurity over the past two years。
However, industry sources claim that there is still a gap of at least 20 years between cybersecurity protection in the shipping industry and other industries。
This is inextricably linked to the characteristics of the maritime industry, which can easily be disconnected from the development of the internet because of the long useful life of ships and their long and slow voyage at sea. The new three-year network security command centre at the port of los angeles has already dealt with over 20 million network incursions. A survey of people on board 5,000 vessels found that 40 per cent of managers were sailing even when they knew that the ship was equipped with malicious software. Many shipping companies will not speak out even if data leaks occur。
After the restructuring of maritime transport in china and the far east, many of the indicators are among the highest in the world
On 8 july, according to an earlier report by the watcher network, china-wide control, a marketed company of china-wide shipping holdings, issued a statement stating that the united states foreign investment commission had finally concluded that there were no unresolved united states national security issues related to the acquisition of eastern overseas transactions by the china-wide foreign investment commission。
On the same day, china-wide shipping announced that the united states long beach container terminal (lbct) under the eastern overseas flag would be removed from the overall transaction, and that the entities at the long beach terminal were under united states trust until the completion of the sale, as part of the agreement between china-wide sea control global and the eastern overseas with the united states department of homeland security and the department of justice。
China-wide shipping was restructured in 2016 by the former china ocean transport corporation and the former china shipping corporation, with the fourth largest capacity in the world。
As previously reported in the economics reference journal, by the end of 2017, the combined capacity of the medium- and long-range maritime fleet stood at 8. 635 million dwt/1123, the highest in the world. Of these, the container fleet is the fourth largest in the world, with a capacity of 1. 89 million teu (international standard box unit), and a capacity of 3. 811 million dwt/422 in the dry bulk fleet, 2. 092 million dwt/155 in the tanker fleet and 4. 61 million dwt in the cargo special fleet。
In an interview with media last month, chief analyst alphaliner of the french maritime advisory body, joe, stated that, in the coming years, medium- and long-range shipping, which ate overseas from the east and tried to develop new ships, was expected to be the fastest growing company in regular shipping of containers, and that it was likely that it would be able to surpass the third-ranking daffron ship in a short period of time, as well as possibly impact on the two top-ranked maski group and mediterranean shipping。
