Texas-bound oil tankers network may have been compromised.

[william]

The Coast Guard and FBI boarded a Texas-bound oil tanker mid-voyage after finding its network may have been compromised...A team of Coast Guard cyber operators, a vessel inspector and FBI Cyber Action Team agents went aboard the foreign-flagged carrier on August 21 before it could reach port, examining both its IT and operational systems and working with the crew to clear the threat.

Mehr reported the ship lost communications for 30 hours on August 7 and claimed attackers reached engine-room systems, cut cooling flow and pushed engine speed.Tasnim ran the headline "No American Vessel Is Safe Anymore: Will Cannons Give Way to Codes?"The vessel in those reports is a 333-meter crude carrier that holds 2.3 million barrels, and it was sailing from Egypt's Sidi Kerir terminal, the exact route Gulf oil now takes to avoid Hormuz.Source: CBS News / Writer: Daniel

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• Mario Nawfal's post details how US Coast Guard cyber operators and FBI agents boarded the foreign-flagged VL Prosperity oil tanker on August 21, 2026, to clear a suspected network compromise before it reached Texas, with no disruptions to operations or safety.
• Iranian media outlets Mehr and Tasnim claimed the 333-meter VLCC lost communications for 30 hours on August 7 while sailing from Egypt's Sidi Kerir terminal through the Strait of Gibraltar, alleging access to engine-room systems.
• The incident highlights growing cyber risks to oil tankers on key routes avoiding the Strait of Hormuz, with the image depicting a US cyber command center likely representing the response team's operations. Grok