A.P. Møller-Maersk has identified an IT security incident involving unauthorised access and data extraction from one of its local legacy systems, according to a statement from the Danish shipping company reported on Wednesday by Reuters. According to the Danish technical publication Ingeniøren, to which the company replied in writing, it is a system from a previous acquisition used in a limited, local part of the business, and the company says it has taken steps to secure it.
Maersk says its findings so far strongly suggest that no sensitive data has been disclosed and that the incident is isolated to that system, with no indication of any impact on its other systems or on those of connected customers and partners, according to Reuters. The company does not expect disruption to operations, and customers can continue to book and manage their shipments as usual.
The confirmation comes after Ingeniøren reported on Monday that a group calling itself WhiteArmor claims to have stolen up to 100 gigabytes of data from Maersk and is demanding 5 million dollars in bitcoin not to publish it. According to Container News, citing Ingeniøren, the group says the data comes from the platform of LF Logistics, a company Maersk bought in 2022.
Maersk has not confirmed that WhiteArmor is responsible, and neither the scope nor the authenticity of the data the group claims to hold has been independently verified, according to Container News. The company's investigation remains open.
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