Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-12-30 00:00:00
Affected organization: Undisclosed maritime facility
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: External Denial of Service,Data Attack,Internal Denial of Service
Motive: Financial
Actor: WIZARD SPIDER
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: The U.S. Coast Guard issues a security alert after a Ryuk ransomware attack takes down the network of a federally regulated maritime facility.