"MSC Data Center Closes Following Suspected Cyber-Attack"

The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) recently reported a network outage at one of its data centers, which took down its website msc.com and myMSC portal. According to a message posted on Twitter by MSC, there is a chance that malware caused the incident. The outage resulted in the disruption of self-service tools for making and managing bookings on MSC ships. This incident calls for shipping companies and the security community to pay more attention to the presence of cybersecurity vulnerabilities contained by systems within the shipping industry that could be exploited by hackers to disrupt operations. This article continues to discuss the network outage faced by the MSC, the possibility that a cyberattack caused the outage, and how MSC responded to the incident. 

Infosecurity Magazine reports "MSC Data Center Closes Following Suspected Cyber-Attack"