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Maersk confirms data theft from acquired logistics system
Maersk said a threat actor accessed a local legacy system from an earlier acquisition and stole data, BleepingComputer reported, as WhiteArmor claimed about 100GB and demanded $5 million.
A.P. Moller-Maersk said a threat actor gained unauthorized access to a local legacy system inherited through an earlier acquisition and extracted data from it, BleepingComputer reported on Wednesday, Nov. 111.
The Danish shipping and logistics group said the investigation was ongoing and that current evidence indicated no sensitive data had been disclosed1. It said it did not expect disruptions and that customers could continue booking and managing shipments as usual1.
In a statement cited by the outlet, Maersk said the incident was isolated to a local system and that it had found no indication of impact on other Maersk systems or on customer and partner systems connected through APIs and EDI1. The company did not share the affected system's identity, the types of data taken, or when the intrusion occurred1.
Over the weekend, the WhiteArmor ransomware group listed Maersk on a data-leak site and publicly asked for $5 million, BleepingComputer reported1. The group threatened to release about 100GB of information it said was taken from a logistics and supply-chain platform1.
WhiteArmor claimed the haul came from Maersk's OCF/LF Logistics platform and gave the company 30 days to pay $5 million in bitcoin1. The group said, as quoted by BleepingComputer, "You have 30 days to contact us and pay USD 5,000,000 in bitcoin"1.
Maersk acquired LF Logistics, which the report identified as the original developer of that platform, from the Li & Fung Group in 20221. WhiteArmor claimed it held nearly 30,000 driver records, plaintext passwords, 33 SUPER_ADMIN accounts, signed delivery receipts, 14.44 inventory rows with purchase orders and advance shipping notices, and 27,842 mobile-device logs with phone numbers, emails and IMEI numbers1. Those details are the group's claims and were not confirmed by Maersk in the article1.
Maersk said it would notify customers as more information became available if it identified a need to inform affected parties, and it told customers to treat unexpected messages about the matter with caution1. BleepingComputer said it sent additional questions and had not heard back at publication1.
The report noted that in 2017 Maersk was hit by NotPetya, which forced a rebuild of more than 4,000 servers and 45,000 workstations and about 10 days without IT, with damages then put at up to $300 million1. Whether WhiteArmor's claimed dataset is genuine, and whether any customer data will need notice, remains unverified in this reporting1.
