A 400% increase in cybercrime reported that the pandemic highlights vulnerabilities caused by new implementation strategies under COVID-19 and industry technique for digitization.
The pandemic-led disruption of global shipping chains has forced the shipping industry to recalibrate to focus more on worker protection and well-being, maintain operations, and adapt processes to maintain elegant trade.
Just as shipping companies are grapping with these new challenges, cybercriminals have also changed their priorities to exploit confusion and are finding new tactics to infiltrate ship-based and ground-based computer networks to leverage borrowed knowledge and cash or cause disruption. Israeli cybersecurity company Naval Dome, there was a 400% increase in hacking attempts between February and May 2020, with a remarkable build-up of malware, ransomware and phishing emails. The company published the discovery in early June this year.
An increase in incidents was also revealed in the 2020 Maritime Cybersecurity Survey, conducted through SAS and BIMCO, with 31% of organizations reporting that they had experienced a cyber incident in the 12 months prior to the survey in February. 2020, compared to 22%. who responded to the survey in 2019.