Shipping company’s networks in the Americas crippled by ransomware attack

Shipping company’s networks in the Americas crippled by ransomware attack

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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/07/shipping-companys-networks-in-the-americas-crippled-by-ransomware-attack/

COSCO’s computer networks in the Americas remained completely severed from the Internet on Thursday, almost 48 hours after the Chinese shipping giant reported it was hit by a ransomware attack.

In a statement published Thursday, COSCO officials said the failures affected networks in the US, Canada, Panama, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Chile, and Uruguay. The statement said people who wanted to reach COSCO employees in those countries should use special email addresses, many of which were hosted by Yahoo and Gmail. Attempts to reach COSCO’s US-based website were unsuccessful. COSCO officials said main business operation systems were performing stably and that ports in California and the UK remained open.