Port of Vancouver hit by DDoS attack

Year

2018

Month

October

Reference number

20181002

Impact area

Shore

Incident location

Vancouver

Incident country

Canada

Victim country

Canada

Victim identity

Port of Vancouver

Victim Type

Port

Method

DDoS

Summary:

In October 2018, the port of Vancouver got hit by a DDoS attack. nearly 225,000 user accounts were probed that day, though no further information was given on the consequences of this DDoS attack. By comparison, local port authorities admitted that they are probed this way every day, but never for more than 6,000 accounts at a time.

Reference URL

https://www.stormshield.com/news/cybermaretique-a-short-history-of-cyberattacks-against-ports/
https://cybermaretique.fr/les-incidents-connus/