Maritime shipping has become a trillion-dollar industry that now impacts the economy of virtually every country around the world. It is therefore no surprise that countries and companies have spent billions of dollars to modernize shipping vessels and ports with various technologies. However, the implementation of these technologies has also caught the attention of cybercriminals. For example, a cyberattack on one shipping company resulted in nearly $300 millions in financial losses. Hence, this paper describes cybersecurity vulnerabilities present in the international shipping business. The contribution of this paper is the identification and dissection of cyber vulnerabilities specific to the shipping industry, along with how and why these potential vulnerabilities exist.
翻译:海运业已成为一个万亿美元产业,现在几乎影响到全世界每个国家的经济,因此,各国和公司花费数十亿美元利用各种技术使航运船舶和港口现代化,这并不奇怪,然而,这些技术的实施也引起了网络罪犯的注意,例如,对一家航运公司的网络攻击造成了近3亿美元的财政损失,因此,本文件描述了国际航运业存在的网络安全脆弱性,本文件的贡献是查明并消除航运业特有的网络脆弱性,以及这些潜在脆弱性的存在方式和原因。