2026-09-17 17:39:43 UTC / 路透社
作者：拉斐尔·萨特 乔纳森·索尔
2026年9月17日 UTC下午5:39 更新于56分钟前
华盛顿/伦敦，9月17日（路透社）——相关机构周四表示，美国海岸警卫队和联邦调查局人员于上月在墨西哥湾登上了两艘驶往美国的商业船只，此前有迹象表明黑客已入侵它们的计算机网络。
此次非常规行动于8月21日和8月24日在两艘外籍旗船上开展，正值美国当局处理一系列网络事件之际，媒体报道将这些事件与伊朗联系起来，起因是华盛顿与德黑兰之间爆发冲突。
虚假信息监测简报 将汇总国际虚假信息叙事，每期都包含“真实还是虚假？”测验。点击此处订阅。
广告 · 滚动继续
联邦调查局表示，在收到“两艘船只的网络遭到入侵的迹象”后，海岸警卫队与联邦调查局的联合团队登上了这些船只。
仅提及8月21登船行动的海岸警卫队称，涉及“外国网络行为者”，但未指明具体身份。
两家机构均未提供事件的进一步细节，也未解释双方说法之间的矛盾之处。美国 cybersecurity 和基础设施安全局将问题转介回海岸警卫队。
海事安全集团Dryad Global首席执行官科里·兰斯勒姆表示，其公司已确认其中一艘船为利比里亚籍的“VL Prosperity”号。根据伦敦证券交易所集团（LSEG）和MarineTraffic船舶追踪数据，该船目前停泊在得克萨斯州加尔维斯顿附近海域。利比里亚船舶登记处未立即回应置评请求。
广告 · 滚动继续
伊朗迈赫尔通讯社8月20日报道称，“VL Prosperity”号在直布罗陀海峡航行期间遭遇了其所谓的“重大网络攻击”，通信中断达30小时。
迈赫尔通讯社援引一名不愿具名的船员的话报道称，黑客还侵入了机舱系统，降低了发动机冷却流量，提高了发动机转速，并使船舶的燃油和润滑油箱失效。
伊朗新闻机构未提及据称此次攻击的幕后主使。
兰斯勒姆表示，尽管此类以船舶为目标的网络攻击影响巨大，但实施起来并非难事。
“我们预计这类攻击将持续下去，并在不久的将来进一步扩大，”他说道。
拉斐尔·萨特在华盛顿、乔纳森·索尔在伦敦报道；桑吉夫·米格兰尼编辑
我们的准则：汤森路透信任原则，打开新标签页
Two US-bound vessels apparently compromised by hackers, US officials say
2026-09-17 17:39:43 UTC / Reuters
By Raphael Satter and Jonathan Saul
September 17, 2026 5:39 PM UTC Updated 56 mins ago
WASHINGTON/LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – US Coast Guard and FBI personnel boarded two commercial vessels bound for the United States in the Gulf of Mexico last month after indications that hackers had broken into their computer networks, the agencies said on Thursday.
The unusual operation, carried out on August 21 and August 24 aboard two foreign-flagged ships, comes as US authorities grapple with a series of cyber incidents that media reports have linked to Iran since the outbreak of conflict between Washington and Tehran.
The Misinformation Monitor newsletter rounds up international misinformation narratives, with a “Real or Fake?” quiz in every edition. Sign up here.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
The FBI said a joint Coast Guard-FBI team boarded the vessels after receiving “indications that the networks of both vessels were compromised.”
The Coast Guard, which referred only to the August 21 boarding, said that “foreign cyber actors” were involved but did not identify them.
Neither agency provided further details about the incidents or explained the discrepancies between their accounts. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency referred questions back to the Coast Guard.
Corey Ranslem, CEO of maritime security group Dryad Global, said that his firm had confirmed that one of the ships was the Liberian-flagged VL Prosperity. The vessel is currently anchored in waters around Galveston in Texas, according to LSEG and MarineTraffic ship tracking data. Liberia’s flag registry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Advertisement · Scroll to continue
Iran’s Mehr news agency reported on August 20, opens new tab that VL Prosperity had suffered what it called “a major cyberattack” while transiting through the Strait of Gibraltar and that its communications had been knocked out for 30 hours.
Citing an unnamed crew member, Mehr reported that hackers had also infiltrated the engine-room systems, reduced the engine’s cooling flow, increased the engine speed, and disabled the ship’s fuel and engine-oil tank.
The Iranian news agency did not say who was thought to be behind the alleged attack.
Although dramatic in its effects, a ship-centered cyberattack is not that difficult to pull off, Ranslem said.
“We are expecting these types of attacks to continue and will expand in the very near future,” he said.
Reporting by Raphael Satter in Washington and Jonathan Saul in London.; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab
发表回复