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CTOnews.com, July 7 (Xinhua) after the hacker team LockBit claimed to have invaded TSMC over the weekend, the latest news showed that the group recently launched an attack on the port of Nagoya, Japan, resulting in the suspension of the port's container dispatching system NUTS for one day.

According to the Japan Times, there was a serious system failure in the port loading and unloading system of Nagoya Port at 05:30 Beijing time on July 4, resulting in the interruption of container loading and unloading operations and the detention of trucks at the scene. The Nagoya Association issued an emergency announcement yesterday, calling the police and contacting professional organizations, and finally determined that the cause of the system failure was an attack on the blackmail software LockBit 3.0.

▲ Tu Yuan Japan Times reported that the Nagoya Port Transportation Association proved that the port management system was attacked at 11:00 Beijing time on July 5, and said that the port's container dispatching system NUTS had malfunctioned. They had restored the system at 5: 00 p.m. Beijing time, and are expected to resume operation on the 6th at 7: 00 a.m.

The Nagoya Port Authority also confirmed the failure of the NUTS system and pointed out that traffic around the container yard was still congested on the morning of the 6th. In addition, as the port is the hub for the main import and export of Toyota cars, Toyota also confirmed that the transport of spare parts has been affected, but has not yet affected car production, they will closely monitor the inventory of parts.

As of CTOnews.com 's release, the Nagoya Port Transportation Association announced that the port system had resumed operation. NHK pointed out that the incident affected about 260 shipping companies, Nagoya Port Shipping Association computers were encrypted and about 100 printers were hijacked, printing out a notice in English that the system was infected with racketeering software and demanding that the association pay a ransom.

LockBit 3.0 is a ransomware that has harmed many companies in recent years, and its behind-the-scenes hacker team, LockBit, has recently attacked a number of manufacturers. A few days ago, Qinghao Technology, a supplier of TSMC, was extorted US $70 million, which was also the result of LockBit 3.0.

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