Lately , we ’ve seenhow cyber-terrorist can cause havoc on the high seas , but the shenanigans have been limited to security researcher for the most part . They require to prove that it was possible to do things like take over a ship ’s sailing system so that it does n’t happen in real liveliness . Welp , too previous for that now .
An Persian ship lately made itself essentially go away after hack into its own Automatic Identification System ( AIS ) , perhaps to get around external sanctions . Said vessel , the crude oil tanker Ramtin ( formerly known as Volga ) , left port in Iran earlier this month on its means towards Singapore . However , on the way , its Maritime Mobile Service Identity ( MMSI ) inexplicably changed to agree that of a much minor tanker , Hamodo K. As the maritime blog gCaptain points out , this is funny :
The Ramtin still has its same IMO number , but its MMSI number is now that of the Hamoda K , a watercraft which is not on the OFAC shitlist . This “ sharing ” of identity operator , together with the near proximity in time of the operations , appears to suggest that the Hamoda K is being keep in line to mask Ramtin ’s activities near Malaysia .
Indeed , the Ramtin is operate by Tabuk Maritime , a company that is sanctioned by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ( OFAC ) .
https://gizmodo.com/hackers-figured-out-how-to-hijack-shipping-vessel-track-1447718429
So now , marine authorities have some real motivation to bolster up the protection of ship tracking systems . dodge around sanctions to betray crude oil color is one thing , but there ’s quite obviously a more worrisome scenario that would necessitate thing like the outside weapons trade . And hey , if Iran ( the country that tapes its dawdler together ) can do it , anyone can . [ gCaptain ]
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