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Has the cyberattack on DP World put Australia's trade at risk? Probably not ... this time

  • Written by: Flavio Macau, Associate Dean - School of Business and Law, Edith Cowan University

Australians getting ready for Christmas this week had reason to believe even the best of preparations were not enough after a cyberattack hit all its major ports.

DP World, which operates container ports in Australia and the region, first detected problems last Friday so unplugged its systems to minimise the impact while it examined what had...

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