Costa Rica declares state of national cyberemergency
The president of the Costa Rican government has signed three national emergency decrees, one of them concerning the country's cybersecurity, due to the latest ransomware attacks by the Conti group on multiple government agencies.
Some 672GB of data from the different institutions attacked has been stolen and then gradually leaked since mid-April, with almost 97% of the data being published, mostly attributed to the Conti threat actor "UNC1756". One of the major consequences observed is that taxpayers' information, payment and customs systems have been affected.
References:
- 08/05/2022 twitter.com PRESIDENTE RODRIGO CHAVES FIRMA DECRETOS EN BENEFICIO DE LA POBLACIÓN COSTARRICENSE
- 09/05/2022 therecord.media Costa Rica’s new president declares state of emergency after Conti ransomware attack
- 09/05/2022 derechodelared.com Costa Rica declara el estado de emergencia por el ciberataque de Conti
- 09/05/2022 bleepingcomputer.com Costa Rica declares national emergency after Conti ransomware attacks
- 10/05/2022 vandal.elespanol.com Costa Rica declara el estado de emergencia nacional por un ataque de hackers
- 10/05/2022 t3mag.lat Costa Rica declara emergencia nacional, tras los ciberataques de Conti
- 10/05/2022 hd-tecnologia.com Costa Rica declara emergencia nacional tras ciberataques
- 09/05/2022 larepublica.net Comisión Nacional de Emergencias: “nunca habíamos atendido una declaratoria de emergencia por ciberseguridad”