Australian ports operator back online 3 days after cyberattack suspended services
- DP World Australia, which manages about 40 per cent of the goods that flow in and out of the country, said the breach halted operations at four of its terminals
- The port operator is the latest victim of a high-profile cyberattack. Last week, the major Chinese bank ICBC was struck by a ransomware attack
DP World Australia, one of the country’s largest ports operators, said on Monday operations had resumed at all its facilities after a cybersecurity incident forced it to suspend operations for three days.
The breach had crippled operations at the company, which manages about 40 per cent of the goods that flow in and out of Australia, affecting its container terminals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Western Australia’s Fremantle.
“Operations resumed at the company’s ports across Australia at 9am today … following successful tests of key systems overnight,” the company, part of Dubai’s state-owned DP World, said in a statement.
DP World expects to move about 5,000 containers from the four Australian terminals through the day, although ongoing investigation and responses to protect its networks could result in temporary disruptions over the next few days.
“This is a part of an investigation process and resuming normal logistical operations at this scale,” DP World said.
The government had not identified the perpetrators, he said.
[The DP World breach] does show how vulnerable we have been in this country to cyber incidents and how much better we need to work together to make sure we keep our citizens safe