Cyber-attack on DP World's Australian ports disrupts movement of thousands of containers
DP World's Australian port operations were hit by a cyber-attack that blocked the movement of thousands of containers. Concerns were raised about shortages of Christmas goods, and operations resumed on 13 November.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- DP World
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Movement of thousands of containers disrupted
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack
- Location
- Australia
Timeline
- Concerns were raised about shortages of Christmas goods due to the DP World cyber-attack.
- DP World resumed operations at its Australian ports.
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