Maersk confirms data breach as WhiteArmor ransomware demands $5 million

Shipping giant Maersk has confirmed that a threat actor breached systems belonging to a company it previously acquired and stole data.

Ransomware group WhiteArmor claimed the attack over the weekend, threatening that it would release about 100GB of information allegedly exfiltrated from the company's logistics and supply-chain platform.

The investigation into the incident is ongoing, but the shipping firm says that current evidence indicates that "no sensitive data has been disclosed."

Maersk added that it does not expect disruptions to operations, and assures customers that they can continue booking and managing shipments through its systems as usual.

“The incident is isolated to a local system, and we have found no indication that there has been any impact on other Maersk systems or customer and partner systems that connect to Maersk through integrations such as APIs and EDI,” Maersk states.