Hackers attack shipowners using coronavirus

In the Russian Seafarers Union noted the increase in hacking attacks on shipping companies with the use of information about coronavirus, the correspondent was informed by the news agency in the RSPM. Read also: Coronavirus threats: myths and reality all news So, shipowners receive letters with allegedly important information about coronavirus that contain malware. The victims can also be seafarers, who provide cyber criminals with personal data, can harm not only themselves criminals can access the security systems of the ship, the company. For example, cyber criminals can break into a sailor's phone using phishing, and when he decides to recharge his smartphone through ECNIS, they will have access to the ship's system. With the failed equipment it will be impossible to continue swimming. The sailor himself may lose his job, warned in the RPSM. According to the news agency, Chinese seafarers are losing their jobs due to the coronavirus epidemic, as many countries have banned Chinese citizens from entering their territories.