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Data from ship VDRs cannot be trusted, investigation shows
VDR (Voyage Data Recorders) devices installed on ships that often make international voyages are susceptible to cyber-attacks that may compromise them and allow attackers to spy on the vessel's movements or tamper with recorded data.
VDRs are for ships what black boxes are for planes. They record the ship's movements, the commands received from the crew, engine behavior, and a whole lot of data from sensors spread around the boat.
They are important not only for the ship's owners, allowing them to keep track of the vessel's whereabouts, but also for authorities in case of official investigations.
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