Security Heightened for Sunken Bayesian Superyacht

The wreckage of the $40 million superyacht Bayesian, which sank off Sicily in August, is believed to contain highly sensitive intelligence data, prompting concerns that countries like Russia and China may attempt to access it. The yacht, owned by British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died in the incident, is thought to have watertight safes containing super-encrypted hard drives with classified information. Italian prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into multiple charges, including manslaughter and negligent shipwreck, and have requested heightened security for the wreckage. Divers have used remote cameras to extensively search the site and are expected to raise the vessel in the coming weeks. Survivors revealed that Lynch distrusted cloud services and always secured his data drives on the yacht. Lynch's business connections included ties to British and American intelligence agencies through his cybersecurity firm, Darktrace.