Maritime Risk Intelligence Blog

Maritime cyber incidents don’t stay ashore: what shipping, ports and logistics teams should track weekly

Written by Dryad Global | January 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM

Maritime cyber risk isn’t confined to IT teams — it’s operational. When digital disruption hits a terminal, an agent network, a crewing pipeline, or a port community system, the outcome is rarely “a technical issue.” It becomes: delay, diversion, compliance exposure, and avoidable cost.

What “cyber” looks like in maritime operations

 

Cyber incidents that matter operationally often include:

  • Disruption or compromise of port and terminal systems

  • Credential theft and business email compromise affecting payments and documentation

  • Ransomware impacting scheduling, manifests, or logistics coordination

  • Malicious targeting tied to geopolitical flashpoints

  • Data harvesting to support physical risk (watching routes, timings, vulnerabilities)

MIB tracks cyber developments as part of the broader weekly maritime risk picture, alongside incident reporting, threat analysis, and region-by-region assessments. Subscribe now:

 

Why weekly cyber reporting beats “alerts-only”

 

Real value comes from pattern + context:

  • Is this isolated, or part of a campaign?

  • Which regions, ports, or cargo types are seeing increased targeting?

  • Does it correlate with geopolitical escalation or sanctions pressure?

  • What should you change in procedures this week (not next quarter)?

 

Connecting cyber with physical and compliance risk

 

Cyber doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It intersects with:

  • Port call risk and crew transfer environments

  • Electronic interference and navigational disruption

  • Environmental reporting obligations and audit trails

  • Charterparty performance and schedule reliability

This is why MIB sits inside Secure Voyager Hub — to combine weekly intelligence with an operational risk picture built on analyst context. 

 

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