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Digital Pirates: How Russia, China, and Cyber-Gangs Can Hijack a Supertanker and Collapse Global Trade

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          🌍 Geopolitical & OT Security Analysis           Digital Pirates: How Russia, China, and Cyber-Gangs Can Hijack a Supertanker and Collapse Global Trade         By CyberDudeBivash • October 03, 2025 • Strategic Threat Report         cyberdudebivash.com |       cyberbivash.blogspot.com           Disclosure: This is a strategic analysis for leaders in government, defense, and critical infrastructure sectors. It contains affiliate links to relevant security solutions and training. Your support helps fund our independent research.   Executive Briefing: Table of Contents       Chapter 1: The 21st Century Chokepoint — A New Era of Piracy     Chapter 2: The Floating Datacenter — A Supertanker's Attack Surface     Chapter 3: The Kill Chain — From a Phished Captain to a Hijacked Rudde...
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WESTJET HACKED: Critical Cyber Attack Exposes Customer Data and Flight Records—What to Do Now.

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        BREAKING: WestJet Cyber Attack Grounds Flights, Leaks Data—A Survival Guide for Travelers & Lessons for Every CISO     By CyberDudeBivash • September 28, 2025, 10:38 AM IST • Breaking News & Incident Analysis   A major cyberattack is unfolding this morning, targeting one of North America's largest airlines, WestJet. Reports are flooding in of widespread flight cancellations, grounded planes, and chaos at airports across the continent. The airline's website and mobile app are intermittently unavailable, and call centers are overwhelmed. This is not a standard IT outage. Sources indicate this is a sophisticated and severe cyberattack, likely carried out by a major ransomware group. The attackers claim to have not only encrypted the airline's internal systems but also to have stolen terabytes of sensitive passenger and employee data, initiating a devastating double-extortion scenario. For the thousands of travelers stranded an...
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