Tag: Dryad Global

Unconfirmed media reporting has indicated that Israeli-owned car carrier ‘MV HYPERION RAY’ was hit by a missile attack off the coast of Fujairah, UAE, on Tuesday.

Maritime security intelligence firm Dryad Global and cyber partners RedSkyAlliance monitor attempted cyber attacks in the maritime sector, examining how email is used to deceive the recipient and potentially expose the target organizations. The following update regards the week 4-11 April 2021. 

An Israeli ship was reportedly damaged after explosion in an Iranian missile attack while sailing through the Arabian Sea towards India, according to reports from Hebrew-language broadcaster Channel 12. 

According to Basra Governorat, pirates have hijacked an Iraqi ship that was stranded outside the country’s waters and took it to an unknown location.

British security intelligence firm Dryad Global, received reports indicating that a vessel was approached by a small grey boat with 3 persons onboard wearing masks. However, vessel and all crew reported to be safe.

An unidentified offahore supply vessel was boarded while at 208 nautical miles South of Lagos. All crew are reportedly mustered in the citadel, according to maritime security intelligence firm Dryad Global.

A total of 15 crew members were kidnapped from the Maltese-flagged tanker MT DAVIDE B, after the vessel was boarded by 9 armed individuals off Benin, in the Gulf of Guinea. 

According to the British security intelligence firm Dryad Global, the feeder container ship "Pacora" was boarded by armed men during the evening of March 6th.

A vessel reported a suspicious approach by four small craft, containing two persons within each, while underway in the Eastern Gulf of Aden, according to UKMTO data. This is the fist incident of this nature within the region in 2021.

According to the British security intelligence firm Dryad Global, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed that they hit an Aramco oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the first time the group has reached the company's facilities in that area.