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