Cyber warfare has reached the sea; a tanker heading to America was the target…

Cyber warfare has reached the sea; a tanker heading to America was the target of a cyber attack. 🔹On the 7th of August 2026 (16 Mordad 1405), the massive tanker "VL PROSPERITY" with a capacity of 2.3 million barrels of crude oil, flying the flag of Liberia, was en route from the port of Sidi Kerir in Egypt to one of the ports in the United States when it was targeted by a significant cyber attack in the Strait of Gibraltar, which resulted in all its communications being cut off for 30 hours. 🔹According to one of the crew members, the attackers, having infiltrated the engine room systems, reduced the engine's cooling flow, increased the engine RPM, and activated the fuel and oil tank of the ship. This comes while no group has yet claimed responsibility for this action. 🔹Some Russian-language media, citing senior Russian analysts, assess this operation as part of a direct confrontation between the resistance front and the United States, believing the message to Washington is that U.S. assets in international waters are not secure, and that the Arab countries along the Persian Gulf should not consider redirecting their oil exports as a way to circumvent this oversight, as monitoring of these routes will continue.