The Iranian anti-government hacktivist group “Lab Dookhtegan” (“sealed lips” in Farsi) announced yesterday that it has successfully disrupted all communications for more than 100 oil tanker ships belonging to two Iranian companies associated with the government and allegedly operating against international sanctions. The group claims that the attack prevented communications both on the ship and ship-to-shore (Satcom).
Communication devices are the bottleneck of maritime vessels. While modern communications devices can connect to multiple satellite (and terrestrial, e.g., 4/5G) connectivity services for redundancy, few are designed for cyber resilience, and in many cases, cyber protection is even embedded within the communications devices. This makes the ship’s communication device a single point of failure, and if a malicious actor hacks the communication device (VSAT or other), it can take complete control over all communications of the vessel and even spread out to the IT and OT systems.
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Picture: Lab Dookhtegan Telegram Channel
Communication devices are the bottleneck of maritime vessels. While modern communications devices can connect to multiple satellite (and terrestrial, e.g., 4/5G) connectivity services for redundancy, few are designed for cyber resilience, and in many cases, cyber protection is even embedded within the communications devices. This makes the ship’s communication device a single point of failure, and if a malicious actor hacks the communication device (VSAT or other), it can take complete control over all communications of the vessel and even spread out to the IT and OT systems.
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Picture: Lab Dookhtegan Telegram Channel