The Port of Longview was recently victimized by a cyber attack. It has affected hundreds of past and current employees and dozens of vendors. The FBI told the port additional details about the attack are “classified”. Investigators traced the attack to internet service provider addresses in Russia, Liberia and Kazakhstan.

In January 2018, the Port of Longview (WA, USA) fell victim to a targeted cyber attack orchestrated by Kazakh hacker Andrey Turchin (alias 'fxmsp'), who compromised two administrator accounts. The breach exposed sensitive data of hundreds of past and current employees (potentially 370 individuals) and dozens of vendors (47), including 22 longshoremen. While the financial impact was estimated at $60,000, the primary damage stemmed from unauthorized access to internal systems, risking employee and vendor data leaks—though no evidence confirmed large-scale data theft or operational disruption. Investigators traced the attack to IP addresses in Russia, Liberia, and Kazakhstan, linking it to Turchin, who faced five criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud (20-year max sentence). The attack underscored vulnerabilities in port infrastructure, highlighting risks to employee privacy and third-party vendor security without escalating to broader systemic or existential threats.