A reminder to secure your onboard WiFi

[Acheron2010]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/05/cybercrime-billionaires-superyacht-owners-hacking

"Cybercriminals are taking aim at billionaires and their super-luxury yachts, exploiting lax security on the vessels to take control of their navigation and wifi systems to steal information and hold them hostage at sea until they pay a ransom. "

Not just super yachts are vulnerable to this activity.

 

[dw8928]

This will never happen to Steve Jobs' super yacht.

 

[Off Duty]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/05/cybercrime-billionaires-superyacht-owners-hacking

"Cybercriminals are taking aim at billionaires and their super-luxury yachts, exploiting lax security on the vessels to take control of their navigation and wifi systems to steal information and hold them hostage at sea until they pay a ransom. "...

Whew!
For a moment there you had me worried.
Don't quite make the income cap:lol::lol:

 

[FF]

I know my hand held GPS was not cheap , but never realized it would make me a ransom target.

Thank goodness for paper charts!