Maritime organizations are becoming targets for cyber-attacks for many reasons, such as their growing information technology and operational technology complexity and their role as hubs for data from shipping lines, trucking, logistics, and off-dock storage providers.
Imagine you’re playing an online video game with your friends, streaming online, or whatever you do to pass the time with your favorite online game, when out of nowhere an image takes over your computer and starts issuing threatening messages with a robotic voice. Normally, this sort of thing only happens on TV, but on January 21st, this happened during a livestream to a streamer named ‘The__Grim__Sleeper.’ Two days later, the developers of the Dark Souls franchise announced that multiplayer for all of the Dark Souls games, including their upcoming Elden Rings game, has been taken offline until the issue is resolved.