Making the hackers' job hard. Time for transportation & logistics to up its cyber security as hackers put it on target list

by Claus Herbolzheimer, Partner and Head of Digital, Technology & Analytics in Germany & Austria, and Max-Alexander Borreck, Principal, Transport and Logistics, Oliver Wyman

When the Danish shipping giant A.P. Møller-Mærsk's computer system was attacked on June 27, 2017, by hackers, it led to disruption in transport across the planet, including delays at the Port of New York and New Jersey, the Port of Los Angeles, Europe’s largest port in Rotterdam, and India's largest container port near Mumbai, according to reports.

That's because Maersk is the world's largest shipping company with 600 container vessels handling 15% of the world's seaborne manufactured trade. It also owns the port operator APM Terminals with 76 port and terminal facilities in 59 countries around the globe.

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