Friday Squid Blogging: US Naval Ship Attacked by Squid in 1978

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Title Friday Squid Blogging: US Naval Ship Attacked by Squid in 1978
Update ID SCHNEIER:E8C1FB69AEC505A78D664B2B3ACA7417
Type schneier
Published 2025-05-23T21:02:10
Last Updated 2025-05-12T16:22:42

Security Impact

CVSS Score 0.0
Severity NONE
Attack Vector

Affected CVEs

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Interesting story:

> _USS Stein_ was underway when her anti-submarine sonar gear suddenly stopped working. On returning to port and putting the ship in a drydock, engineers observed many deep scratches in the sonar dome’s rubber “NOFOUL” coating. In some areas, the coating was described as being shredded, with rips up to four feet long. Large claws were left embedded at the bottom of most of the scratches.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

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