Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2016-03-01 00:00:00
Affected organization: Maritime Trade Information Sharing Centre, Gulf of Guinea (MTISC-GoG),
Affected country: Ghana
Industry: Transportation and Warehousing
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: BIMCO [Baltic and International Maritime Council] and The Standard Club issue a warning regarding an alleged security breach in the Maritime Trade Information Sharing Centre, Gulf of Guinea (MTISC-GoG), potentially resulting in the release of ships' data to pirates.