Australia’s largest port operator, DP World Australia, has shut down operations around the country temporarily following a cyber attack.

Director at the RMIT centre for cyber security research and innovation, Professor Matthew Warren, says cyber attacks on ports aren’t unusual.

“What’s happened with other incidents around the world, it’s been ransomware attacks that have shut down ports … it’s about money,” he told Millsy and Karl.

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