News / CMA CGM hit by cyber attack, but says it's business as usual

28/09/2020

French container shipping line CMA CGM has confirmed it is the latest victim of a cyber attack, after its website and some those of its subsidiaries went down over the weekend.

However, the group’s corporate website, cmacgm-group.com, was working and carried a message on its homepage.

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Mike
September 28, 2020 at 1:51 pm
No its not business as usual at all … website down, rate requests unanswered, no idea as to whether I can book by e-mail while website is down …. actually, maybe it is business as usual …..

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- Tom
  September 28, 2020 at 2:29 pm
  Maybe they can use their Felixstowe surcharge to improve their IT defences.
  
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  - Anony Mouse
    September 28, 2020 at 6:22 pm
    5 eur per teu Low Tech Surcharge will be collected on all global trades starting q4.
    
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Flosten
September 28, 2020 at 5:32 pm
Not sure if true, but I heard they were hit with ransomware just like Maersk was, and it was not DDOS.

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Anony Mouse
September 28, 2020 at 6:21 pm
If biz as usual why are they incapable of releasing BLs, quoting rates, etc. PR nonsense.

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Kwaku Duah-Anane
September 29, 2020 at 9:32 am
The increase in technology has it’s negative side effects and it is about time measures are put in place stamp down the tide.

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Carl Aspital
October 04, 2020 at 10:22 am
Good morning
Despite CMA CGM failure to protect their own IT systems adequately they are charging rent demurrage and lolo on deliveries they failed to make. Our customers will not believe us when we tell them!

This needs press attention and publicity

Thank you

Carl.

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