Maersk’s Legacy-System Incident Shows M&A’s New Cyber Requirement
By PYMNTS
Source excerpt · PYMNTS
Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk disclosed Wednesday (Nov. 11) that an unauthorized party accessed and extracted data from a legacy IT system inherited through a previous acquisition. Maersk has not reported a companywide compromise, but the incident illustrates a persistent problem for acquisitive businesses. Technology inherited through M&A can remain an operational and security obligation long…