The Coast Guard and FBI boarded two foreign vessels coming to the United States last month to investigate potential cyberattacks on the ships, according to a joint statement from the agencies Wednesday. The “joint offshore security boardings” of the two commercial ships in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 21 and Aug.
Coast Guard, FBI board US-bound foreign ships in order to probe for cyberattacks
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