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Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), delivered a stark warning on the escalating cyber threats to the maritime sector, equating the current risk environment to the "Weaponisation of Everything."

Speaking at the Cyber Security Seminar, the CNS emphasised that as the seas become "data oceans" driven by "Smart ports, AI-driven logistics, and autonomous navigation," every vessel and port terminal is now a vulnerable floating computer network.

Admiral Tripathi asserted that while the Internet of Things (IoT) drives efficiency, the corresponding risk of cyberattacks poses a direct threat to national security and economic progress, calling for cybersecurity to be embedded into the sector's "very DNA."

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