Hackers from the group Lab Dookhtegan claim they’ve crippled communications on over 60 Iranian oil and cargo ships, disrupting Tehran’s export lifeline and sparking fears of escalating cyberwar. A shadowy hacker crew has thrown Iran’s maritime industry into disarray, claiming they crippled communications for over 60 oil tankers and cargo ships in a jaw-dropping cyberattack targeting the heart of the Islamic Republic’s oil export machine.
The group, calling itself Lab Dookhtegan or Sealed Lips in Farsi, bragged they shut down the critical Falcon control software, cutting off all contact between the vessels and their ports. The attack killed the ships’ tracking systems, leaving the fleet stranded in a digital blackout, unable to coordinate or navigate.
Lab Dookhtegan said they targeted 39 tankers and 25 cargo ships owned by the National Iranian Tanker Company and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. They claimed to have hacked the Linux-based systems running the ships’ satellite terminals through Fanava Group, an Iranian IT firm handling maritime communications. “We crushed Falcon,” the group gloated, leaving crews stranded and ports clueless about their whereabouts. (Read More)
