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美国海岸警卫队周二表示，上月在一艘商用油轮抵达港口前，海岸警卫队人员与联邦调查局特工登船检查。该船当时正穿越大西洋，其网络可能已被外国势力攻破，原定驶往得州港口。
海岸警卫队称，8月21日，一支由海岸警卫队执法人员、船舶检查员、海岸警卫队网络保护小组成员以及联邦调查局网络行动小组操作员组成的专项小组登船检查一艘即将靠港的外籍商用船舶。该小组对船舶的运营技术和信息技术系统进行了排查，与船员及船舶运营企业合作清除威胁。
海岸警卫队周二表示：“目前尚无运营中断、船舶失控、船员人身危险或环境影响的相关报告。”
截至目前，美国尚未将此次潜在的网络入侵事件归咎于特定行为体，但伊朗官方媒体在事件发生后的几周内对该事件进行了大肆报道。
海岸警卫队未披露涉事船舶的身份，但伊朗报道中提及的船舶似乎是“VL Prosperity”号。该船为利比里亚籍超大型原油运输船，全长333米，可运载约230万桶原油。公开船舶数据显示，事发时该船正驶往得州加尔维斯顿。
此次袭击的未经证实的相关报道最早在船舶驶过西班牙与摩洛哥之间的直布罗陀海峡后公开浮出水面。
8月20日，伊朗迈赫尔通讯社报道称，“VL Prosperity”号于8月7日在从埃及西迪基里尔港驶往美国途中遭遇袭击，通信中断长达30小时。迈赫尔通讯社援引一名不愿具名的船员的话称，攻击者侵入了机舱系统，降低了发动机冷却流量、提高了发动机转速，并干扰了燃油和润滑油系统。
四天后，伊朗塔斯尼姆通讯社发布一篇题为《再也没有安全的美国船舶：大炮会让位于代码吗？》的文章。
美国未透露此次可能的入侵事件的具体波及范围，仅确认有迹象表明该船舶的网络已遭侵入。伊朗官方媒体则声称，黑客已获取对船舶推进、导航和货物装卸系统的控制权。
入侵商用油轮系统的风险远不止数据被盗或通信中断。现代油轮依靠互联的运营技术系统操控船舶，推进、导航和货物装卸系统均已联网。即便可能性极低，但若敌对国家能够远程侵入甚至劫持这些系统，理论上攻击者可操控船舶航行路线或关键机械设备，将巨型油轮变为袭击港口的武器。
Coast Guard, FBI boarded Texas-bound commercial oil tanker to investigate cyberattack
2026-09-15T22:57:00-0400 / CBS News
Coast Guard personnel and FBI agents boarded a Texas-bound commercial oil tanker last month before it could arrive at a port after determining the ship’s network may have been compromised by a foreign actor as it was crossing the Atlantic, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.
On Aug. 21, a specialized team of Coast Guard law-enforcement personnel, a vessel inspector, Coast Guard Cyber Protection Team members and FBI Cyber Action Team operators boarded an inbound foreign-flagged commercial vessel, the Coast Guard said. The team examined both the vessel’s operational technology and information-technology systems, working with the crew and the ship’s corporate operators to oust the threat.
“Currently, there are no reports of operational disruptions, vessel instability, physical danger to crews, or environmental impacts,” the Coast Guard said Tuesday.
The U.S. has so far not attributed the potential breach to a specific actor, but Iranian state media amplified the story in the weeks following the breach.
The Coast Guard did not identify the ship, but the vessel named in Iranian reports appears to be the VL Prosperity, a 333-meter Liberian-flagged very large crude carrier capable of carrying roughly 2.3 million barrels of oil. Public vessel data shows it was bound for Galveston, Texas, at the time.
Unconfirmed reports of the attack first surfaced publicly after the ship passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, between Spain and Morocco.
On Aug. 20, Iran’s Mehr News Agency reported that VL Prosperity had been attacked on Aug. 7 while sailing from Egypt’s Sidi Kerir terminal toward the United States, losing communications for 30 hours. Mehr, citing an unnamed crew member, alleged that the attackers penetrated engine-room systems, reduced engine cooling flow, increased engine speed and interfered with fuel and lubricating-oil systems.
Four days later, Iran’s Tasnim News Agency published an article: “No American Vessel Is Safe Anymore: Will Cannons Give Way to Codes?”
The U.S. has not provided details on the extent of the possible breach, only confirming there were indications the vessel’s network was compromised. Iranian state media has claimed that hackers obtained control over propulsion, navigation and cargo systems.
The risk of penetrating a commercial oil tanker’s system goes beyond stolen data or disabled communications. Modern tankers use interconnected operational technology, or OT, to control the vessels — with propulsion, navigation and cargo systems all internet-connected. If a hostile state can reach and even hijack those systems remotely, while unlikely, an attacker could theoretically manipulate a vessel’s movement or critical machinery, potentially turning a massive oil tanker into a weapon against a port.
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