US Coast Guard boarded a Texas-bound oil tanker to investigate a cyberattack, Bloomberg News reports

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Sept 15 (Reuters) – U.S. military forces and FBI agents boarded a Texas-bound oil tanker to investigate a cyberattack on August 21, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing the U.S. Coast Guard.

Coast Guard personnel and the Federal Bureau of Investigation boarded the foreign-flagged vessel following indications its network had been compromised by overseas cyber actors, the report said, citing a Coast Guard spokesperson.

(Reporting by Natalia Bueno Rebolledo in Mexico City; Editing by Tom Hogue)

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