News / Hapag-Lloyd hit with 'spear phishing' attack as fake website gathers data

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Hapag-Lloyd suffered a ‘spear phishing’ attack yesterday, wherein a copy of its website was uploaded and users directed to log in, revealing their data to the scammers.

It was not clear when the website copy was created, as the Hapag-Lloyd security team only “found” it yesterday, and it is unknown whether the spear phishing attack is linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a challenge companies have been warned to watch out for.

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