News / CMA CGM data hack leaves confused customers in the dark

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Confusion reigned among the customers of French carrier CMA CGM, as hackers wrote to media organisations claiming to have accessed customer data ? but many of the line’s customers had not heard of the attack.

Moreover, the carrier has told some customers there has been no cyberattack and that no customer information had been stolen.

The hackers claimed to have stolen the data for up to half a million of the carrier’s customers, with the online attackers threatening to release the entire ...