Cyberattack Threatens Release of Port of Lisbon Data

Year

2022

Month

December

Reference number

20221201

Impact area

Shore

Incident location

Lisbon

Incident country

Portugal

Victim country

Portugal

Victim identity

Port of Lisbon

Victim Type

Port

Method

Ransomware

Attacker country

Russia

Summary:

The Port of Lisbon suffered a ransomware attack and data breach on Christmas Day 2022, raising concerns about the potential exposure of confidential information. The attackers have reportedly stolen financial reports, audits, budgets, contracts, cargo information, ship logs, port documentation, among other vital port-related information, whilst already having published samples of the stolen data. The group LockBit has threatened to publish all of the files that were seized during their computer attack should their ransom demands of $1.5 million be left unmet.

Reference URL

https://maritime-executive.com/article/cyberattack-threatens-release-of-port-of-lisbon-data https://www.porttechnology.org/news/cyber-attack-threatens-release-of-port-of-lisbon-data/ https://industrialcyber.co/news/port-of-lisbon-targeted-by-lockbit-ransomware-hackers-website-still-down/