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February 22, 2016 By riptide

Global shipping fleet exposed to hacking threat


REUTERS/PAWEL KOPCZYNSKI

“The next hacker playground: the open seas – and the oil tankers and container vessels that ship 90 percent of the goods moved around the planet.”
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The majority of shipboard systems, including vulnerable wireless systems which can be penetrated from 20+ miles away, share a common backbone. This backdoor allows an intruder greater control over shipboard comms which is critical to maximizing the delay between penetration and discovery. Link to original article: Backdoor Will Not Be Patched

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