Maersk disclosed a data breach after an extortion group called WhiteArmor claimed to have stolen 100GB of logistics-related data from a local legacy system acquired in a previous purchase. In a November 11 statement the shipping giant said it identified unauthorized access and data extraction but saw no indication of sensitive data disclosure or impact on other Maersk systems, APIs or EDI integrations. WhiteArmor demanded $5m in Bitcoin, alleging the data includes driver records, plaintext passwords, staff accounts, delivery receipts, purchase orders, inventory rows and mobile device logs with phone numbers, email addresses and IMEIs. The group, which has previously demanded between $140,000 and $20m, says it focuses on data-theft extortion and plans to add ransomware, describing its encryptor as nearly complete. 1