Pirates hacking

Vessels are equipped with a whole range of electronic navigation, command-and-control systems interconnected to the global internet via satellite. There are many access routes on a vessel for cyber pirates to access, pillage data, and take control of systems.

These access points radiate via many devices to application groups and onwards to service sectors and locations, affecting supply chains, headquarters, ports, terminals and ships. In fact, according to a recent survey by Futurenautics, over 6, active seafarers claimed to have been the victim of a cyber attack because of a lack of cyber-security precautions by staff. These findings imply a lack of training in the basics of internet security and reinforce the case for staff training.

Today, the shipping industry is adopting ever more advanced technology to ensure the safe and punctual arrival of valuable or perishable freight and to protect itself against the increasing numbers and kinds of cyber attacks.

These attacks, either on or offshore, could be limited to a single vessel, port or terminal or, in an extreme case, affect whole fleets. There are numerous examples of pirates using the ability of hackers to steal cargo, sabotage and valuable data.

Verizon said the unnamed company, which has been attacked by armed seafaring pirates several times, contacted its cyber specialists after noticing the looters had changed their tactics. Rather than spending days holding boats and crews hostage at gunpoint while they searched through the cargo and waited for a ransom to be paid, the pirates seemed to have inside information. In , a failed attempt at digital piracy occurred when a Dutch drug ring used a group of Belgian hackers to reroute two tonnes of cocaine and heroin into their waiting arms.

These hackers were able to gain remote access to the computers of two different shipping companies. Here, they then rerouted the containers into the port of Antwerp, Belgium, for a convenient pick-up. But police caught them before they could carry out their devious plan.

According to cyber-intelligence group Stealthcare, Russian government-affiliated actors launched cyber attacks against Ukrainian government and military targets before and during the attack and seizure of Ukrainian ships and sailors on 25 November The attacks appeared to be aimed at stealing information that would have applied to planning the operation. Pirates could also take such an action in the future. One widely reported example of this kind of disruption occurred in Here, a master of a ship positioned off the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, noted that his global positioning system placed his ship over 32km inland, at Gelendzhik Airport.

The AIS automatic identification system used to track vessels also placed at least another 20 ships at the same airport in this incident.

In June , Maersk was the victim of a major cyber-security incident: an attack with NotPetya malware, which forced the company offline for ten days, shutting down several ports and forcing the company to handle 80 per cent of its operations manually. Onshore, leading UK shipping broker Clarksons was the victim of a hacking and blackmail incident in November According to Clarksons, hackers accessed its systems through a single user account demanding a ransom to prevent public release of the information and for the return of stolen information.

The company refused, reported the incident, and with the help of external forensic help identified the problematic account and disabled it. The British government defines cyber security as protecting information systems hardware, software, and associated infrastructure , the data on them, and the services they provide, from unauthorised access, harm or misuse. This definition includes harm caused intentionally by the operator of the system, or accidentally, because of failing to follow security procedures.

The Pirate Bay is still the world's most popular torrent website that has proven to be an elusive hub for illegal copyrighted contents, even after a series of raids and shutdown of its multiple domains , including the primary. SE domain. All the three co-founders of The Pirate Bay were facing criminal copyright infringement and abuse of electronic communications charges.

The Pirate Bay — a widely popular file-sharing website predominantly used to share copyrighted material free of charge — is once again in trouble, this time in Europe. After the shutdown of Kickass Torrents and Torrentz. Yes, the popular torrent site ExtraTorrent has permanently shut down. So, stop searching for ' extratorrents unblock ' and ' extratorrents proxy ' websites. In a short but clear message on its homepage , the ExtraTorrent portal announced Wednesday that it has shut down for good, saying "farewell" to its millions of users.

We permanently erase all data. Stay away from fake ExtraTorrent websites and clones. Thx to all ET supporters and torrent community. ET was a place to be Launched in November. Interestingly, Sunde, who already left the notorious file sharing site in , said on Twitter that he lost the court case he did not even know about.

However, the recording division did not accuse Sunde of direct infringeme. The Pirate Bay has fought many legal battles since its launch in to keep the website operational for the last 13 years. As its name suggests, The Pirate Bay is one of the most popular file-sharing torrent site predominantly used for downloading pirated or copyrighted media and programs free of charge. Despite the criminal convictions, the torrent site remains functioning although it has moved to different Web domains several times.

However, this time, The Pirate Bay loses its main. SE domain, the world's th most popular website according to the Alexa ranking, according to Swedish newspaper DN. The year-old rapper Kanye West is at the centre of controversy once again. West is himself a Pirate Lover just like everyone else, and he proved it today by sharing a photo of his laptop screen on Twitter. The rapper tweeted an ill-judged picture on Tuesday night to show what he was listening to on YouTube Sufjan Stevens' 'Death With Dignity' song , but his fans discovered something he would have hide if realized before sharing that snap.

He was so outraged when he saw his recent album was being pirated by , downloads in just two days that he considered taking legal action against The Pirate Bay. However, in a recent tweet West accidentally revealed his own pirate habi. The controversial file-sharing website The Pirate Bay will still be running in Sweden as the District Court of Stockholm on Friday ruled that they be unable to force the internet service providers ISPs to block the website from operating.

The Pirate Bay is an infamous Swedish search engine predominantly used worldwide for pirating material, such as software, movies, music files and TV shows, entirely free of charge. Numerous ISPs around Europe block the Pirate Bay, but the notorious site will not be inaccessible in its home country Sweden, at least for now, according to the local media.

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg , the co-founder of the notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay , has been released from a Sweden prison following three years behind bars for hacking and copyright offenses.

Yes, Svartholm Warg, also known as Anakata , is a free man again. Svartholm was convicted on both Swedish copyright offences and Danish hacking conspiracy connected to The Pirate Bay. The news comes just a few months after the third and last founder of Pirate Bay Fredrik Neij also known as TiAMO was released from a Swedish prison after serving his month prison sentence. Svartholm has not yet made any public statements following his release from a Swedish prison on Saturday.

His release was reported by Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. However, the release was confirmed by Warg's mother Kristina Svartholm on Twitter. No more need to call for freeanakata. Thank you everyone for your important support during thes. The four co-founders of The Pirate Bay, the world's most popular torrent website, have been cleared of charges alleging criminal copyright infringement and abuse of electronic communications in a Belgian court.

The list goes on, and notably, every ethic and principle is a kind of altruism, an emphasis on world improvement. Church said hacking is merely an activity, not good or bad on its face. Hacking is and has been maligned. The line between strictly criminal behavior and that which is rooted in the hacker ethic is blurry at best.

To measure whether the hacking is unethical, you need to analyze its effects. The weapons of cyber pirates are more insidious. Church demonstrates in his classes how critical infrastructure, including water control systems and other utilities, are often exposed on the internet to cybersecurity breaches. A lot of equipment used in the last couple of decades sits on networks that were never designed to be on the open internet. We need to study the past.

How the world looks differently at people with mental illness and addiction. Wolf Pack Discoveries highlights student research, scholarly and creative activities. Nevada Today The war on cyberspace Hackers, cybercrime and how pirate history is influencing the future of cybersecurity October 27, Lisa McDonald. Associate Professor Christopher Church, Ph. The history of pirates Though cyberspace is relatively new, what drives the crime within it has much deeper roots.

Modern day technology and hacking Church points out that if you were to look at a map of fiber optic lines today and compare that to maritime trade routes and the railroads, the two look eerily similar. The quarterly magazine Gray Areas from the s discussed subcultures and was a resource for hackers. October 27, Lisa McDonald. Editor's Picks. Share share menu.