Security News > 2020 > October > UN Maritime Agency Hit by 'Sophisticated Cyberattack'
The United Nations' International Maritime Organization last week said some of its systems were disrupted as a result of a cyberattack.
IMO's website and other web services were first disrupted on September 30, when the agency announced on Twitter that its team was working on fixing some "Technical issues." Then, on October 2, it admitted that the problems were caused by a cyberattack, and said that it was working on restoring impacted systems.
"IMO has ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification for its information security management system. IMO was the first UN organization to get this certification in 2015," IMO stated.
While it has described it as a "Sophisticated cyberattack against the Organization's IT systems that overcame robust security measures in place," it's not uncommon for organizations to describe even DDoS attacks as "Sophisticated."
The news came less than a week after French shipping giant CMA CGM was hit by a cyberattack that forced it to shut down some systems.