China-linked hackers step up attacks on European shipping

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European Union cybersecurity agency ENISA reported that Chinese state-linked hackers have intensified cyber espionage targeting maritime organizations across Europe. Shipping companies and related industries remain key targets in ongoing campaigns attributed to Beijing-affiliated threat groups.

Chinese state-linked hackers are mounting sustained cyberespionage campaigns against maritime organisations across Europe, with shipping emerging as a consistent target for Beijing-linked threat groups, the European Union’s cybersecurity agency has warned. ENISA’s newly published Threat Landscape 2026 says China-nexus groups maintained a particular interest in telecommunications, maritime, semiconductor, manufacturing and government organisations during 2025. Most …