One of the world’s largest shipping and logistics companies, A.P. Moller–Maersk (often just called Maersk) has confirmed it recently suffered a cyberattack in which it lost sensitive data from one of its earlier acquisitions.
The criminals are now trying to pressure the company into paying a ransom, threatening to release all of the stolen information on the dark web.
Maersk issued an incident report, saying cybercriminals broke into a unnamed company it had previously acquired which reportedly operated a legacy system that the attackers managed to pierce.
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Source: TechRadar
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