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WhiteArmor Demands $5 Million from Maersk, Claims Theft of 100GB of Data
Security Affairs · By Pierluigi Paganini ·
The Brief
- A.P. Moller Maersk confirmed an IT security incident involving unauthorized access and data extraction from a legacy system.
- WhiteArmor claims to have stolen 100GB of data from Maersk.
- WhiteArmor is demanding a $5 million ransom.
Why it matters
Breaches of legacy systems show that older, poorly maintained infrastructure can expose large volumes of data and become a ransom target.
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- #maersk
- #shipping
Maersk confirms a data breach involving a legacy system, while WhiteArmor claims 100GB of stolen data and demands a $5 million ransom. A.P. Moller Maersk, the Danish shipping giant, says it identified an IT security incident involving unauthorized access and data extraction from…