Officials at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) have explained why the UN agency’s website went down on Friday, just a couple of weeks after the organisation was hacked.
The website of the shipping regulator went down as it was being transitioned to a new more secure domain. The process started on Friday and continued over the weekend. As of Sunday the site was back to normal.
In late September the IMO was hit by what it described as a “sophisticated cyber attack” which brought much of its IT infrastructure down for 48 hours.
Over the weekend, Splash was also hit by malware, which shut the site down for several hours. Data related to Splash Daily newsletter subscribers and payments for Splash Extra are not held on the site.
