VL Prosperity: Coast Guard confirms cyberattack on oil tanker
The US Coast Guard confirmed evidence of malicious cyber activity aboard the oil tanker VL Prosperity, one of two tankers hit by cyberattacks. Coast Guard and FBI personnel boarded the vessels; the attack has not been attributed to Iran.
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