Canberra, The Australian Federal Police said on Sunday they were investigating a cybersecurity incident that hit several ports in the country since Friday.

"We've commenced an investigation into the incident and we're not commenting further as it's an ongoing investigation," said a spokesperson for the Australian Federal Police.

Late on Saturday, the National Cyber Security Coordinator Darren Goldie, appointed this year in response to several major data breaches, said the "interruption" was "likely to continue for a number of days and will impact the movement of goods into and out of the country".

DP World Australia suspended operations at its container terminals in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Western Australia's Fremantle after detecting the breach on Friday. Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil said on Saturday that the government was coordinating a response to the "cyber incident".

Source: Qatar News Agency