Navy to investigate whether ships in collisions were hacked

NY Post:

The Navy will investigate whether two US destroyers were hacked before they collided with merchant ships in a pair of recent crashes, according to a top Navy admiral.

“2 clarify Re: possibility of cyber intrusion or sabotage, no indications right now…but review will consider all possibilities,” tweeted Admiral John Richardson, referencing sweeping new investigations announced Monday into two recent accidents involving Naval warships in the Pacific.

The latest incident came Monday, when the USS John S. McCain collided with a Liberian oil tanker near Singapore, leaving five sailors injured and 10 missing.

It was the second time a US destroyer ran into a commercial ship in recent months.
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Both collisions occurred at night when visibility is limited.  There may have been an over reliance on instruments which could have been hacked or have failed.  I suspect that those on watch should also have been able to see the running lights of the ships that collided with them.  It is not clear why that backup procedure failed.

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