In the absence of any up-to-date official statement from Bureau Veritas (BV), the French classification company’s internet services appear to remain deactivated after it detected an attempted cyber-security breach last week, forcing BV to take its data and servers offline.
On Wednesday it was reported that BV had decided to immediately institute the necessary preventative measures.
A statement by the company said: “A preventive decision has been made to temporarily take our servers and data offline to protect our clients and the company while further investigations and corrective measures are in progress.”
The attack comes after BV recently warned that it had become aware of increased risk to global supply chain interests, especially against the backdrop of ongoing pandemic challenges.
The threat posed to global freight efficiencies by hackers has exponentially deteriorated since the outbreak of Covid-19, cyber risk analysts have warned.
The disruption caused to supply chains the world over by the virus, risk assessors say, is playing into the hands of cyberattackers wanting to exploit existing conditions of instability.
BV said: “Teams supported by leading third-party IT experts are currently deploying all efforts to ensure the safest possible continuity of operations.”