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OODA Loop – Ransomware Group Takes Credit for Attack on Boat Dealer MarineMax

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The Rhysida ransomware group has claimed responsibility for a recent cyberattack on boat dealer MarineMax and is offering to sell allegedly stolen data from the company for a significant sum, starting at 15 bitcoin ($950,000). MarineMax, one of the largest retailers of recreational boats and yachts globally, reported being targeted in a cyberattack that caused some disruption, as disclosed in an SEC filing. Although MarineMax has not provided extensive details about the incident, screenshots of financial documents and spreadsheets have been published by the cybercriminals to demonstrate the theft of valuable data. However, MarineMax stated in its regulatory filing that sensitive data is not stored in the compromised environment. The Rhysida ransomware group, known for targeting various sectors including government, IT, manufacturing, healthcare, and education, encrypts files on compromised systems and demands ransom. Despite researchers developing a decryption tool for Rhysida in February 2024, it is uncertain if the cybercriminals have since updated the malware to render the tool ineffective. The extent of file encryption or data theft in the MarineMax attack remains unclear, and further information from the company is awaited.

Read more:https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-group-takes-credit-for-attack-on-boat-dealer-marinemax/

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Phishing in the Cloud: We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat – DARKReading

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Phishing in the Cloud: We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat  DARKReading

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Boaters encouraged to take boat safety courses

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To avoid these types of incidents officials say boaters need to be as educated as possible.

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — With boat season underway, NC Wildlife Officers are reminding North Carolinians to put safety first. Most boating accidents occur in the months of May, June, and July. Operator inattention is a leading cause of boating accidents. 

According to NC Wildlife Resources Commission, out of all the boating accidents investigated in 2021, there were 19 fatal boating incidents, resulting in 23 deaths in North Carolina. 

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And just in the last few months, there have been several drownings on waterways in the Charlotte region. To avoid these types of incidents officials say boaters need to be as educated as possible.

“A lot of the drownings we’ve been seeing over the past two to three years have come off of rental boats,”  Senior Officer NC Wildlife Zach Allman said. 

Before people hit the water, officials say boaters should take a Wildlife Resources Commission’s Boating Education Course.

“Just with the rise in population in Charlotte, you know everyone wants to go out to the lake on the weekend and we encourage that, but with that, we have new operators, so that’s why we encourage people to take the class,” NC Wildlife Officer Kristofer Blankenship said.

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Self-piloting boat could guide itself across LI Sound to supply North Shore food market

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Since opening a year ago, the Harbor Harvest market on the waterfront in Halesite has been stocked by a hybrid-powered catamaran traveling across Long Island Sound from Connecticut.

Now that vessel, the Captain Ben Moore, is being retrofitted with a remote-control system that will make it the first-known autonomously operated cargo vessel in the United States, officials said.

The boat, the market on Huntington Harbor and a four-year-old food store of the same name in Connecticut are all owned by First Harvest Navigation of Norwalk, a company that prides itself on being cutting-edge environmentally and technologically. So last month it began installing the $100,000 SM300 remote-helm control system from Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics that allows the vessel to be operated with no crew aboard.

But First Harvest plans to keep its crew in place as it carries fresh produce and other food items— and sometimes passengers — across the Sound and moves cargo from other customers to and from other destinations. Company president Bob Kunkel said that after concluding discussions with the Coast Guard over vessel safety and computer security to prevent hacking, the rest of the software and hardware will be installed, probably by February, and then testing can begin on the Sound. He hopes to have the control system on the 65-foot aluminum catamaran in full operation by spring.

Kunkel said trucking the food products from Connecticut to Long Island would be more than an eight-hour round trip, while the catamaran reaches Huntington in about 40 minutes.

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