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Shipping giant Maersk confirms data breach as hackers demand $5 million ransom

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  • Maersk discloses cyberattack on a legacy system from an acquired logistics company, with attackers allegedly stealing 100GB of data
  • A ransomware group is demanding $5 million and threatening to leak records, passwords, and logistics information
  • Maersk says core operations remain unaffected while investigating the breach and assessing the validity of the stolen data claims

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.

“Our findings so far strongly suggest no sensitive...

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