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2026 North Carolina Ports — cyberattack Aug 4 disrupts Wilmington/Morehead City/Charlotte; data theft TBD

2026 Unknown records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Unknown — authority had not specified whether sensitive data was stolen at reporting time. No public threat-actor claim cited in BC coverage.

Technical writeup

Verified operational cyber incident — North Carolina Ports Authority confirmed a cyberattack detected August 4, 2026 that disrupted IT and slowed operations at Wilmington, Morehead City and Charlotte Inland Port (BleepingComputer Aug 7; local WECT/Maritime Executive). Gates reopened with manual processing August 5 while recovery continued. No public confirmation of personal-data exfiltration at indexing — recordsAffected 0 pending determination. No attributed ransomware group in sources reviewed.

Root cause

Cyberattack detected August 4, 2026 disrupting IT systems supporting Port of Wilmington, Port of Morehead City and Charlotte Inland Port; contingency plan activated, recovery from Aug 5 (NC Ports / BleepingComputer).

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