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🇺🇸🇸🇦 The hacked supertanker that lost its engines off Texas was carrying oil for Saudi Aramco's American refinery
Bloomberg customs data shows about half the 2 million barrels on the VL Prosperity were bought by Motiva, Aramco's wholly owned Port Arthur refinery and one of the biggest in the country.
The tanker loaded at Egypt's Sidi Kerir, routed through Gibraltar because Hormuz is a war zone, and was hit in early August.
Coast Guard and FBI cyber teams boarded in the Atlantic on Aug. 21 and spent four days aboard, and investigators determined the hackers reached the propulsion system.
Iran's IRGC-tied Mehr News broke the story on Aug. 20, weeks before Washington confirmed anything, describing how the attackers cut engine cooling, raised engine speed and tampered with fuel systems during a 30-hour blackout.
Tasnim followed with "No American vessel is safe anymore."
Attributing it to "unnamed crew" while publishing the playbook is how Tehran takes credit without signing its name, and US investigators are focused on Iran-linked hackers.
A second Texas-bound tanker, the LPG carrier Kohaku, was boarded three days later over a related attack, and nearly 20 ships are now under watch.
Two months on, the Houthis are hitting Aramco in Dhahran while Iran shows it can reach Aramco's cargo on the way to Texas.
Source: Bloomberg, CBS News
#WorldNews2026
🇺🇸🇸🇦 The hacked supertanker that lost its engines off Texas was carrying oil for Saudi Aramco's American refinery
Bloomberg customs data shows about half the 2 million barrels on the VL Prosperity were bought by Motiva, Aramco's wholly owned Port Arthur refinery and one of the biggest in the country.
The tanker loaded at Egypt's Sidi Kerir, routed through Gibraltar because Hormuz is a war zone, and was hit in early August.
Coast Guard and FBI cyber teams boarded in the Atlantic on Aug. 21 and spent four days aboard, and investigators determined the hackers reached the propulsion system.
Iran's IRGC-tied Mehr News broke the story on Aug. 20, weeks before Washington confirmed anything, describing how the attackers cut engine cooling, raised engine speed and tampered with fuel systems during a 30-hour blackout.
Tasnim followed with "No American vessel is safe anymore."
Attributing it to "unnamed crew" while publishing the playbook is how Tehran takes credit without signing its name, and US investigators are focused on Iran-linked hackers.
A second Texas-bound tanker, the LPG carrier Kohaku, was boarded three days later over a related attack, and nearly 20 ships are now under watch.
Two months on, the Houthis are hitting Aramco in Dhahran while Iran shows it can reach Aramco's cargo on the way to Texas.
Source: Bloomberg, CBS News
#WorldNews2026