FBI and Coast Guard personnel boarded two foreign-flagged oil tankers bound for Texas in mid-September 2026 after the vessels were hit with cyberattacks. U.S. authorities reported no operational disruptions from the attacks.
On 15 September 2026, US Coast Guard personnel and FBI agents boarded a South Korean-managed oil tanker bound for Galveston, Texas, to investigate a suspected cyberattack on the vessel's network. No operational disruptions or injuries occurred; Iran's state media amplified the incident but the US has not attributed the breach to any specific actor.