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Wednesday, March 02, 2022 11:21:16 AM
Hackers changed the call sign of a Putin-linked superyacht to 'FCKPTN' and set the ship's destination as 'hell'
The group claimed credit on Tuesday for the hack, which involved changing the call sign of the vessel — named Graceful — to "FCKPTN" and altering the craft's destination to "hell."
The Anonymous group claimed credit for the hack with a tweet reading: "Now Putin's yacht is on the right track! ;) #FckPutin."
The hackers said they managed to pull off the hack by getting into the Automatic Identification System, a vessel tracking system, per reporting from independent journalist Ryan Gallagher.
The hackers told Gallagher that they wanted to "put a little smile on some faces for a short period in these dark times."
The Graceful superyacht is a luxury craft believed to be worth around $100 million. The 270-foot yacht left Hamburg, Germany, abruptly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Thursday.
https://news.yahoo.com/hackers-changed-call-sign-putin-031556862.html
The group claimed credit on Tuesday for the hack, which involved changing the call sign of the vessel — named Graceful — to "FCKPTN" and altering the craft's destination to "hell."
The Anonymous group claimed credit for the hack with a tweet reading: "Now Putin's yacht is on the right track! ;) #FckPutin."
The hackers said they managed to pull off the hack by getting into the Automatic Identification System, a vessel tracking system, per reporting from independent journalist Ryan Gallagher.
The hackers told Gallagher that they wanted to "put a little smile on some faces for a short period in these dark times."
The Graceful superyacht is a luxury craft believed to be worth around $100 million. The 270-foot yacht left Hamburg, Germany, abruptly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Thursday.
https://news.yahoo.com/hackers-changed-call-sign-putin-031556862.html
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