PF raises level of protection at Brazil's largest port after possible cyber attack
Security measure was adopted after technical failures affected the port's internal systems and services
Quick Look
- The Port of Santos raised the protection level to II following instabilities in its IT systems.
- The measure aims to reinforce access control and inspections, ensuring that port operations continue, despite administrative slowness.
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Why It Matters
Level II of protection is activated when there are risks to the safety of operations, resulting in greater access control and inspections.
Level II of protection is determined when there are risks to the safety of operations. In this situation, access control to the port area and the number of cargo inspections increase. The meter can reach up to level III.
The problem affected the website, internal systems and services used by customers and users of the Port of Santos. Despite this, APS guaranteed that there is no risk of interruption in port operations, although there may be slowness and delays in administrative support.
The ordinance that expanded protection to level II was signed by Federal Police (PF) delegate Edson Patrício do Nascimento, who is the coordinator of Cesportos. For the decision, he considered the instabilities in the public gate systems, with possible impacts on access controls for people and vehicles.
According to the document, the need to adopt additional protection measures to mitigate risks and prevent protection incidents was defined by the majority of members of Cesportos de São Paulo, as the collegiate held a consultation on the matter on Sunday (8).
To g1, the Santos Federal Police Station (PF) stated that it had been informed about the incident, but said that it had not received any documentation regarding it. An investigation had not been opened by the corporation until the last update of this report.
In a note released on Monday (9), the Santos Port Authority reported that the entry and exit of ships and land access to the port are maintained. However, the company adopted contingency procedures and reinforced Port Guard teams to ensure security and agility in access.
According to the APS, technical, administrative and legal measures to mitigate possible impacts and normalize services were adopted. The systems were restored in the early evening of Friday, but were again unavailable during the early hours of Saturday (7).
"APS technology teams, outsourced companies and with the support of the Federal Data Processing Service (Serpro) — with their expertise in cybersecurity — work to resolve the problem of unavailability of their systems", highlighted the APS.
What to Watch
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Standardization of IT systems after the work of technical teams.
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Open Questions
- What is the root cause of system instability?
- Was there an attempted invasion or cyber attack?
