With CMA CGM, a French shipping and logistics company based in Marseille, the fourth major shipping company is fighting with the Ragnar Locker ransomware. International corporations seem to be a popular target, as cyber criminals promise a lot of money there. A comment on this from Sophos.
With CMA CGM, another large corporation is affected by the cyber criminals behind the Ragnar Locker ransomware. Among other things, Lloyd's List reported that the French shipping company was given a two-day period to contact the hackers via live chat and pay for the decryption code. Chester Wisniewski, Principal Research Scientist at Sophos, has the following opinion:
“In general, all companies are vulnerable to attacks. Still, this attack on French shipping giant CMA CGM paints a picture of who is most vulnerable. While hospitals, schools and community organizations dominate the headlines, international manufacturers and service companies in particular appear to be victims more frequently than industries with traditionally strong IT security such as finance, defense and technology companies. CMA CGM is the fourth major shipping company to be hit by ransomware and ransomware, following Maersk, Cosco and Mediterranean Shipping. The global ramifications of such companies make securing extremely difficult - but no less important than in other industries. Ships cannot be loaded without computers. In principle, however, the following applies: IT security must have top priority in all sectors, not just for those who are generally considered to be particularly vulnerable.
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