News / 'Be prepared' – supply chain players must learn from the Petya attack

Partners in container supply chains need to develop contingency plans, in the near-certainty that the industry will be hit by another cyber-attack.

At last week’s TPM event in Long Beach, SeaIntelligence Consulting chief executive Lars Jensen warned: “There will be another successful cyber-attack in the next 24 months.

“Even though some action has been galvanised by the Petya attack, the level of cyber-attacks out there is going up.

“It is important to remember that it wasn’t Maersk that was attacked; Maersk was collateral damage ...