Coast Guard, FBI boarded tanker after attack by ‘foreign cyber actors’
2026-09-16T20:51:49Z•400f141577ee15adc504b4202d5281ff3f6deb08d18146f377adefd703775f82
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What happened
News digest covering an apparent cyberattack against an oil tanker that prompted U.S. Coast Guard and FBI boarding to assess the vessel’s operational and information technology systems; a proposed U.S. bill to improve local law enforcement response to online scams; a cyberattack causing extended disruption to the International Meteor Organization website; criminal charges over the alleged theft and resale of more than 610,000 Roblox accounts; and controversy over Washington, D.C. police use of Flock camera data in internal-affairs investigations.
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