Port of Oakland, CA hit by DoS attack

Year

2016

Month

Reference number

20160003

Impact area

Shore

Incident location

Oakland CA

Incident country

USA

Victim country

USA

Victim identity

Oakland, CA

Victim Type

Port

Method

DDos

Attacker country

Russia

Summary:

In 2016, the port of Oakland got hit by a DoS attack. Russia targeted the Administrative site, however this did not affect the port’s transportation servers. The incident lasted seven hours.

Reference URL

https://aapa.files.cms-plus.com/SeminarPresentations/2016Seminars/2016SecurityIT/K.%20Belmont%20-%20AAPA%20Maritime%20Cybersecurity%20FINAL.pdf https://wpassets.porttechnology.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/25184716/KIISKI.pdf