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  • Vlad's Busy Boyz - Huge Ferry Infected With Remote-Control Malware

    From c186282@c186282@nnada.net to talk.politics.misc,alt.security,alt.politics,alt.politics.usa,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 15:03:57
    From Newsgroup: alt.security

    http://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251217-france-probes-foreign-interference-after-malware-found-on-ferry-1

    France is probing possible foreign interference after a
    passenger ferry was infected with malware that could allow
    the ship to be remotely controlled, the interior minister
    said Wednesday.

    A Latvian was arrested and charged after the malware was
    found on a ferry with a capacity of over 2,000 passengers
    called the Fantastic, belonging to Italian shipping company
    GNV, while it was docked in France's Mediterranean port
    of Sète, Paris prosecutors said.

    . . .

    This is a LARGE ferry ... if it had been directed
    to crash into something, or another ship, it would
    have been a disaster.

    The question - how many OTHER ships in the world
    have been likewise infected ? Cruise ships ? Oil
    tankers ? Gigantic freighters ? Are airliners
    immune ?

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  • From MotherNature@JohnSmith@johnsmith.net to alt.security on Saturday, February 14, 2026 12:05:56
    From Newsgroup: alt.security

    On 12/17/2025 3:03 PM, c186282 wrote:
    http://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251217-france-probes-foreign- interference-after-malware-found-on-ferry-1

    France is probing possible foreign interference after a
    passenger ferry was infected with malware that could allow
    the ship to be remotely controlled, the interior minister
    said Wednesday.

    A Latvian was arrested and charged after the malware was
    found on a ferry with a capacity of over 2,000 passengers
    called the Fantastic, belonging to Italian shipping company
    GNV, while it was docked in France's Mediterranean port
    of Sète, Paris prosecutors said.

    . . .

      This is a LARGE ferry ... if it had been directed
      to crash into something, or another ship, it would
      have been a disaster.

      The question - how many OTHER ships in the world
      have been likewise infected ? Cruise ships ? Oil
      tankers ? Gigantic freighters ? Are airliners
      immune ?

    Interesting... Thanks for sharing
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