Maritime Computer Emergency Response Team (M-CERT)

Most impacted maritime activities - Australia

Port: 9 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (47.4%)
Logistics: 3 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (15.8%)
Industry: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (10.5%)
Shipowner: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (5.3%)
Shipyard: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (5.3%)
Organisation: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (5.3%)
Offshore: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (5.3%)
Administration: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (5.3%)

Incident types - Australia

Denial of service: 8 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (42.1%)

Intrusion: 4 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (21.1%)

Virus/Ransomware: 3 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (15.8%)

Data leak: 2 maritime cybersecurity incidents publicly disclosed (10.5%)

Phishing: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (5.3%)

Undisclosed: 1 maritime cybersecurity incident publicly disclosed (5.3%)

Date	Type	Victim	Incident summary
06/03/2023	Intrusion	Administration	A museum is victim of an attack with financial consequences.
23/03/2023	Denial of service	Port	A port suffers from a distributed denial of service attack in response to use of garmen [...]
21/03/2023	Denial of service	Industry	A company specialized in underwater work and work on port is victim of a distributed de [...]
21/03/2023	Denial of service	Port	A port is victim of distributed denial of service attack in response to the use of garm [...]
21/03/2023	Denial of service	Port	Port management company of Bunbury and Esperance suffers distributed denial of service [...]
21/03/2023	Denial of service	Port	A ports administration, which manages 9 ports in the north of the country, is victim of [...]
21/03/2023	Denial of service	Port	A port is victim of distributed denial of service attack in response to the use of garm [...]
21/03/2023	Denial of service	Port	A port suffers from a distributed denial of service attack in response to the use of ga [...]
21/03/2023	Denial of service	Port	A port suffers fomr a distributed denial of service attack in response to the use of ga [...]
10/11/2023	Undisclosed	Port	DP World, a port operator which handles 40% of Australia's maritime freight, said it ha [...]
30/06/2022	Phishing	Offshore	Phishing campaign from April to June targets offshore windfarms operators.
23/02/2021	Data leak	Organisation	A transportation authority is hit by a supply chain data leak. 47 email accounts were c [...]
24/11/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A maritime freight company is victim of a ransomware attack.
21/01/2021	Virus/Ransomware	Logistics	A multimodal logistic company is hit by a ransomware attack.
05/05/2020	Data leak	Logistics	Multimodal actor hit by data leak.
02/11/2018	Intrusion	Shipyard	Intrusion in a company building military ships. Data leak.
27/05/2017	Intrusion	Shipowner	A shipowner experiences a data breach following a possible intrusion.
01/03/2013	Virus/Ransomware	Industry	Cyberattack targeting the maritime industry in several countries.
XX/XX/2012	Intrusion	Port	Customs cargo handling system compromised.

Date

Type

Victim

Incident summary

06/03/2023

Intrusion

Administration

A museum is victim of an attack with financial consequences.

23/03/2023

Denial of service

Port

A port suffers from a distributed denial of service attack in response to use of garmen [...]