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Maeve Bannister

Union call for probe into 'appalling' port cyberattack

The MUA called the shutdown "one of the gravest failures of corporate governance in recent memory". (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

A cyberattack that caused port operations to grind to a halt at four container terminals should be subject to a federal probe as a union pushes for DP World to reveal what it knew about the risks.

The Dubai-controlled stevedore, which handles 40 per cent of the nation's international freight, closed its Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle port operations after detecting a breach on November 10. 

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