Federal agencies are watching nearly 20 ships after hackers reportedly took temporary control of safety valves on the tanker Vivit Africa LNG. The FBI and Coast Guard have boarded suspect ships in the Gulf, though the valve account still rests on trade-press reports.
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The Vivit Africa LNG stopped short of the Adriatic LNG terminal after its crew lost access to some onboard control systems and reported a suspected cyberattack. The investigation is open and the gas is still aboard.
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Coast Guard Cyber Command says its teams found malicious cyber activity aboard both hulls after offshore boardings in the Gulf of Mexico, while the engine-room manipulation and the 30-hour communications outage rest on one Iranian state media report.
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The Coast Guard sent cyber specialists, a vessel inspector and FBI operators onto a tanker underway in the Gulf of Mexico after indications of compromise, and says it has so far found no danger to the crew or the environment.
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Bluecore has a berth at Long Beach, a 185-foot barge and a federal memorandum that obliges nobody, which is a cheaper entry to the nuclear business than a licence and a much harder thing to value.
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Bluecore Energy has leased Berth 48 at the Port of Long Beach for a floating small modular reactor, and the port has signed a standards agreement with MARAD. No licence application yet.
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The agency wants noninvasive tools that stimulate plasticity in specific neural circuits. It concedes those tools do not exist, and the program is in its earliest stages.
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