Nearly a third of maritime parts and service suppliers have significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities, while breaches have increased in frequency across the globe.

According to an assessment of more than 1,000 global suppliers from supply chain management platform Achilles, more than half of those reviewed lacked third-party anti-bribery systems, public liability insurance or information security policies. Another 28% were flagged for either "high" or "very high" cyber risk.

A separate October 2025 survey of 1,010 cybersecurity professionals from cybersecurity firm NCC Group found that just 66% of businesses regularly assess supplier risk, despite 45% reporting a breach in the last 12 months. NCC also found that nearly 70% of organizations expect the severity and scale of supply chain attacks to escalate, with 59% pointing to artificial intelligence as the biggest driver of increased risk. 

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"In today’s hyper-connected economy, cyber attacks are no longer a distant threat — they’re a daily reality," said NCC Group CEO Mike Maddison. 

Several large companies have reported significant cybersecurity breaches in recent months as well, including carmaker Jaguar Land Rover, Japanese brewer Asahi, dairy food giant Arla Foods and German brewer Oettinger. In the United Kingdom, Britain's National Cyber Security Centre reported a 50% year-over-year increase in major cyber incidents through August, for an average of roughly four a week, Bloomberg reports.