Shipping giant Maersk hit by data breach as ransomware gang demands $5 million ransom

Source: IT之家 Published: 11/12/2026, 10:23:49 Business & Funding 中文

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Danish shipping giant Maersk recently suffered a data breach after hackers infiltrated a subsidiary the company had previously acquired. Maersk said its cybersecurity team launched an investigation immediately after discovering the issue, and there is currently no indication that other Maersk systems or the systems of customers and partners connected to Maersk through integrations such as APIs and EDI were affected. The ransomware gang WhiteArmor has claimed responsibility for the attack, publishing Maersk's name on its data leak site over the weekend and demanding a $5 million ransom, claiming to hold about 100 GB of data stolen from Maersk's OCF / LF Logistics platform, including 30,000 driver records, plaintext-stored passwords, 33 SUPER_ADMIN accounts, signed delivery receipts, 144,400 inventory records containing purchase orders and advance shipping notices (ASN), and 27,842 mobile device logs containing phone numbers, email addresses and IMEI numbers. As of now, Maersk has not confirmed any of the ransomware gang's allegations.

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Shipping giant Maersk hit by data breach, ransomware gang demands $5 million ransom

IT之家, November 12: Danish shipping giant Maersk has recently suffered a data breach after hackers infiltrated a subsidiary the company had previously acquired.

Maersk said its cybersecurity team launched an investigation immediately after discovering the issue, and there is currently no indication that other Maersk systems, or the systems of customers and partners connected to Maersk through integrations such as APIs and EDI, have been affected.

Maersk also said the incident will not affect customer operations, and customers can still use the Maersk platform to manage their freight business as usual.

According to a BleepingComputer report, the ransomware gang WhiteArmor has claimed responsibility for the attack. The gang published Maersk's name on its data leak site over the weekend and demanded a $5 million ransom (IT之家 note: about 33.429 million yuan at current exchange rates).

WhiteArmor further claimed it holds about 100 GB of data stolen from Maersk's OCF / LF Logistics platform, including:

33 SUPER_ADMIN accounts;

144,400 inventory records, including purchase orders and advance shipping notices (ASN);

27,842 mobile device logs, including phone numbers, email addresses and IMEI numbers.

As of now, Maersk has not confirmed any of the ransomware gang's allegations.

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Shipping giant Maersk hit by data breach, ransomware gang demands $5 million ransom

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