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Shipping firm Maersk investigates IT security incident

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In short

The Danish shipping company launched an inquiry after discovering an unauthorized party accessed and exfiltrated files from a single local legacy system. Current investigative findings strongly indicate that no sensitive data was exposed in the breach. Furthermore, customer and partner networks were not impacted, meaning clients can continue managing and booking their shipments as normal without facing service delays.

Key points

  • Clients do not face operational disruptions and can book shipments as normal.: Clients do not face operational disruptions and can book shipments as normal.
  • The security breach remained strictly contained within the single local legacy system.: The security breach remained strictly contained within the single local legacy system.
  • The logistics giant officially released a statement addressing the ongoing investigation…: The logistics giant officially released a statement addressing the ongoing investigation on Wednesday.

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COPENHAGEN, Nov 11 : Danish shipping company Maersk said on Wednesday it was investigating an IT security incident involving unauthorised access and data extraction from one of its local legacy systems.

• Maersk said in a statement its findings so far strongly suggested that no sensitive data had been disclosed

• "The incident is isolated to a local system, and we have found no indication that there has been any impact on other Maersk systems or customer and partner systems that connect to Maersk," the company said

• Maersk does not anticipate disruption to operations for customers

• Customers can continue to use Maersk platforms to book and manage their shipments as usual, it added

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