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Cybersecurityhigh impactTexas-bound oil tankers hit by hackers disabling communications
· Gulf of Mexico, United States · Americas · no longer in the live window
Two oil tankers bound for Texas were hit by hackers who disabled communications and put engines into overdrive, with Iran possibly to blame; FBI boarded at least one vessel to investigate.
- Topic
- Cybersecurity
- Location
- Gulf of Mexico, United States (25.283°, -89.907°)
- Region
- Americas
- Impact
- high
- Reported by
- TechRadar
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