World’s Second-Largest Container Line Maersk Confirms Cybersecurity Incident Involving Data Theft
Shipping company Maersk has confirmed that an attacker gained unauthorised access to one of its local legacy systems and extracted data.
In a statement published on November 11, 2026, Maersk said that it identified an IT security incident. WhiteArmor, a ransomware group, claimed responsibility for the attack and threatened to release about 100 GB of data from Maersk’s OCF/LF Logistics platform.
WhiteArmor listed Maersk on its data leak site over the weekend and publicly demanded $5 million as ransom. According to reports, the group has given Maersk 30 days and asked for the payment in Bitcoin.
A.P. Moller–Maersk is a global shipping and logistics company founded in 1904 and headquartered in Denmark. Currently, it is one of the world’s largest container carriers and provides services across 130 countries.
The hacker claimed to hold information about driver records, staff accounts, mobile logs, and delivery recipients’ names and addresses. They claimed to hold information including about 30,000 driver records, 27,842 mobile device logs, plaintext passwords, signed delivery receipts, and more.
Maersk did not confirm these in its statement and did not link the incident to WhiteArmor or LF Logistics by name.
Another cyberattack, NotPetya, struck Maersk in 2017 and forced it to operate without IT for ten days, according to the chairman of Maersk. According to reports, the company faced damages of up to $300 million and had to rebuild more than 4,000 servers and 45,000 workstations from scratch.
Maersk’s official statement mentioned that a full investigation was immediately initiated and is currently ongoing. As of November 11, findings so far strongly suggest that no sensitive data have been disclosed.
Maersk said in the statement that its customers can keep using the platform for bookings and managing shipments.
Reference: Maersk , X.com
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