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2017_013

A port is victim of a viral attack causing denial of dervice.

Day	Month	Year	Country	Activity	Incident Type
7	March	2017	Canada	Port	Denial of service

Summary

According to the source, an unprecised computer system of the port faced a Denial of Service (DoS) attack during a meeting.

The source of the infection led to a guest's computer that connected to the port’s Wi-Fi, unintentionally triggering the attack due to a virus which was present on his computer.

The same article underlines the fact that the port faces numerous DoS attacks each week.

Victim

Port of Vancouver

Claimed/Reported Threat Actor

N/A

Origin

Human error

Main impact

Availability

References

https://www.columbian.com/news/2017/mar/10/port-of-vancouver-meeting-hindered-by-cyberattack/

Recommendations for Port to reduce Denial of service risks:

No advice yet available to prevent 'Denial of service': stay tuned!

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