Steamship Authority Hit by Cyberattack
Passengers planning to make their way over to the islands of Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket on Wednesday could see delays due to a ransomware attack, The Steamship Authority said Wednesday.
The Steamship Authority is the largest ferry service to the Massachusetts Islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket from Cape Cod.
“The Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority has been the target of a ransomware attack that is affecting operations as of Wednesday morning,” the ferry operator said in a statement. “As a result, customers traveling with us today may experience delays.”
The company said that a team of IT professionals was assessing the impact of the attack and that additional information would be provided upon completion of the initial assessment.
The web-based online reservations system is currently unavailable, and phone-based reservations are also offline. A reservations agent told SecurityWeek that the reservations system "had crashed" and that they were “hoping” to be back and running by 12PM (ET).
News of the attack comes just days after a US subsidiary of the world’s largest meat processing company was hit by a disruptive ransomware attack.
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