Ferry - Tag - Maritimeinfosec.orghttps://maritimeinfosec.org/tags/ferry/Ferry - Tag - Maritimeinfosec.orgHugo -- gohugo.ioen-USCopyright Maritimeinfosec.org 2018-2026Wed, 24 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000Foreign interference on a ferry in Sète: between Raspberry Pi, RAT and media overreactionhttps://maritimeinfosec.org/ferry-fantastic-raspberry-pi-internal-threat/Wed, 24 Dec 2025 17:30:00 +0000Olivier JACQhttps://maritimeinfosec.org/ferry-fantastic-raspberry-pi-internal-threat/The case of the ferry Fantastic (operated by the Italian company Grandi Navi Veloci, GNV) in Sète, in December 2025, is interesting for several reasons. Not so much for its technical sophistication — which remains limited — but for what it reveals about how cyber incidents are handled, particularly in the maritime domain.

Very quickly, the event was portrayed as a potentially serious case of foreign interference, or even as a scenario involving remote control of a vessel. The reality, as it gradually emerges from publicly available information, is more nuanced — and probably more instructive.

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