On May 18, 2020, Anglo-Eastern, a Kowloon, Hong Kong-based ship management company, fell victim to a ransomware attack that encrypted a portion of its workstations and servers. In response, the company proactively took down its servers to contain and quarantine the malicious virus, preventing further spread. While the recovery process took several days, Anglo-Eastern confirmed that no data was permanently lost despite the encryption. The incident disrupted operations temporarily but did not result in data theft, financial fraud, or reputational damage beyond the internal IT outage. The company managed to restore systems without yielding to ransom demands, mitigating long-term consequences. The attack primarily caused operational delays rather than irreversible harm to data integrity or external stakeholders.