Maersk confirms security breach amid hacker claims of major data theft

A.P. Moller–Maersk has confirmed an IT security incident involving unauthorised access and data extraction from a legacy system, following claims by a hacker group that it obtained approximately 100 gigabytes of information linked to the shipping company’s logistics operations.

In a statement issued on 11 November, Maersk acknowledged that an unauthorised party had accessed a local system inherited through a previous acquisition. The Danish shipping group said its cybersecurity team immediately launched an investigation and took measures to secure the affected system.

The confirmation comes after a relatively unknown hacker group, WhiteArmor, claimed to have stolen extensive operational and personal information from a logistics platform associated with LF Logistics, the business acquired by Maersk in 2022.

According to Danish technology publication Ingeniøren, WhiteArmor claims to possess approximately 100 GB of data from a platform previously operated by LF Logistics, which is now integrated into Maersk’s warehousing and distribution operations.

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