cyber attack Archives - The Loadstar Making sense of the supply chain Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:23:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 31889032 Cyber attack on tech provider blacks out live tracking for UK retail deliveries https://theloadstar.com/cyber-attack-on-tech-provider-blacks-out-live-tracking-for-uk-retail-deliveries/ https://theloadstar.com/cyber-attack-on-tech-provider-blacks-out-live-tracking-for-uk-retail-deliveries/#respond Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:23:42 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=284039 Some UK retail deliveries have lost live tracking services following a cyber attack on fleet management technology company Microlise, a supplier to DHL Supply Chain UK. 
Nisa, the UK groceries wholesaler and customer of DHL Supply Chain, has been affected and a spokesperson told The Loadstar: “Nisa is aware of an incident affecting Microlise.  
“We want to reassure Nisa customers this will only impact live tracking visibility of deliveries; there will ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/cyber-attack-on-tech-provider-blacks-out-live-tracking-for-uk-retail-deliveries/feed/ 0 284039 JAS Worldwide recovers from cyber-attack, but saw ‘many stolen credentials’ https://theloadstar.com/jas-forwarding-recovers-from-cyber-attack-but-saw-many-stolen-credentials/ https://theloadstar.com/jas-forwarding-recovers-from-cyber-attack-but-saw-many-stolen-credentials/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:52:35 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=279443 JAS Worldwide was hit by a ransomware attack last week, resulting in more than 400 data records being leaked, according to a ransomware database.
JAS said yesterday it had restored most of its systems since the attack on 27 August.
It said: “Our central operating systems are working well, and all core functions are operating. We are approaching full recovery, and most of our customers and vendors have resumed doing business with ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/jas-forwarding-recovers-from-cyber-attack-but-saw-many-stolen-credentials/feed/ 0 279443 Industry starting to reap benefits of AI – but risks grow alongside https://theloadstar.com/industry-starting-to-reap-benefits-of-ai-but-risks-grow-alongside/ https://theloadstar.com/industry-starting-to-reap-benefits-of-ai-but-risks-grow-alongside/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 12:09:21 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=273695 2024 is the year organisations will begin deriving business value from AI, according to consultancy McKinsey & Co, but additional investment for cyber security can’t be ignored.  
“If 2023 was the year the world discovered generative AI, this is the year organisations truly began using – and deriving business value from – this new technology,” said McKinsey.  
Its latest global survey found 65% of respondents reported their organisation regularly using AI, nearly ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/industry-starting-to-reap-benefits-of-ai-but-risks-grow-alongside/feed/ 0 273695 Cyber-attack has left employees vulnerable, admits DP World Australia https://theloadstar.com/cyber-attack-has-left-employees-vulnerable-admits-dp-world-australia/ https://theloadstar.com/cyber-attack-has-left-employees-vulnerable-admits-dp-world-australia/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:41:13 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=260172 DP World Australia confirmed this morning that personal employee data was compromised during a recent cyber-attack, which could leave staff vulnerable to fraud. 
On 10 November, DP World Australia was the victim of a cyber-attack at its operations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Fremantle ports, which led to a large backlog of container delays.  
The port received no ransom demand and claimed no customer data was breached and the delays had now ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/cyber-attack-has-left-employees-vulnerable-admits-dp-world-australia/feed/ 0 260172 DP World port operations in Australia recovering after cyber-attack https://theloadstar.com/dp-world-port-operations-in-australia-recovering-after-cyber-attack/ https://theloadstar.com/dp-world-port-operations-in-australia-recovering-after-cyber-attack/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2023 13:20:22 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=259184 Further stoppages and disruption are likely at the Australian ports of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle, which are tentatively resuming operations today after a cyber-attack on Friday ravaged DP World’s IT systems.
Monitoring software may have provided a warning early enough to provide DP World staff time to quickly shut down systems before further damage was done, and on Sunday the firm has reported “significant progress” in reinstating freight operations.
DP World ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/dp-world-port-operations-in-australia-recovering-after-cyber-attack/feed/ 0 259184 SCD: Boeing confirms cyberattack, global services disrupted https://theloadstar.com/scd-boeing-confirms-cyberattack-global-services-disrupted/ https://theloadstar.com/scd-boeing-confirms-cyberattack-global-services-disrupted/#respond Thu, 02 Nov 2023 19:02:41 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=258504 SUPPLY CHAIN DIVE reports:
Boeing confirmed a cyberattack is impacting its global services division, five days after a prolific Russia-affiliated ransomware group claimed responsibility for an attack against the multinational aerospace company.
“We are aware of a cyber incident impacting elements of our parts and distribution business,” a Boeing spokesperson said via email on Wednesday. “This issue does not affect flight safety.”
Some parts of company’s global services site are currently down.
Boeing declined to confirm ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/scd-boeing-confirms-cyberattack-global-services-disrupted/feed/ 0 258504 Estes Express cyber-attack update https://theloadstar.com/estes-express-cyber-attack-update/ https://theloadstar.com/estes-express-cyber-attack-update/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2023 14:17:06 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=256125 Confirming market reports, the fourth-largest LTL player* by sales in the US, Estes Express Lines, disclosed today to have “shared a notice regarding an ongoing IT infrastructure outage and (…) this outage appears to be the result of a cyberattack”.
(*Post-Yellow Corp’s demise…)
The full statement released by the private company is here (click to expand it):
To be updated, on merit.
In the news last month: “Estes’ $1.525B stalking horse bid for Yellow’s ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/estes-express-cyber-attack-update/feed/ 0 256125 Nagoya port reopens following crippling cyber attack https://theloadstar.com/cyber-attack-cripples-nagoya-port-operations/ https://theloadstar.com/cyber-attack-cripples-nagoya-port-operations/#respond Wed, 05 Jul 2023 15:52:48 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=250451 Operations at Japan’s busiest port Nagoya resumed this afternoon, local time, after an outage of more than 48 hours, following an alleged Russian ransomware attack. 
The Nagoya Harbor Transportation Association said that Nagoya United Terminal System, which operates the port’s five container terminals, had its operations restored at 7.30am today, but the full recovery of data lost in the cyber attack was achieved only in the afternoon. 
Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/cyber-attack-cripples-nagoya-port-operations/feed/ 0 250451 Maersk says posted data is not current and not from attack by hackers https://theloadstar.com/maersk-says-posted-data-is-not-current-and-not-from-attack-by-hackers/ https://theloadstar.com/maersk-says-posted-data-is-not-current-and-not-from-attack-by-hackers/#respond Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:47:26 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=240732 Maersk denies it has been cyber-attacked by hacker group Anonymous Sudan, despite leaked customer credentials appearing on social media.
The group posted a .txt file with several usernames and passwords of Maersk customers on its telegram channel, alongside AI art and threats of attacks against other Swedish and Danish companies, citing as its motivation “their burning of the Quran”.
“We have more data, this is just a sample,” read the post, but ...

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]]> https://theloadstar.com/maersk-says-posted-data-is-not-current-and-not-from-attack-by-hackers/feed/ 0 240732 Transport and logistics in Europe pushed to beef-up cybersecurity https://theloadstar.com/new-eu-laws-will-push-transport-and-logistics-to-beef-up-cybersecurity/ https://theloadstar.com/new-eu-laws-will-push-transport-and-logistics-to-beef-up-cybersecurity/#respond Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:00:58 +0000 https://theloadstar.com/?p=240605 New EU laws next year will see major parts of the transport and logistics industry forced to boost their cybersecurity – and report all cyber-attacks.
The directive designates airports, airlines, traffic control authorities, ports and port equipment operators and shipping lines as “sectors of high criticality” and will require each member state to assemble a computer incident response team with “adequate resources and technical capabilities”.
The law will also beef-up reporting requirements for ...

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