Gt: Update on VSOP attack on Guatemala’s foreign ministry Last week, DataBreaches reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala was a victim of a VSOP attack. The government confirmed an attack on October 5. Services have been restored: Currently, the services are working, which has allowed us to provide uninterrupted attention to all…
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Cl (Update): Failure to patch resulted in an embarrassing government leak Last week, DataBreaches noted that Guacamaya Group hacktivists had leaked emails from El Estado Mayor Conjunto De Chile (EMCO), the advisory body of the Chilean Ministry of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and other governments. Now BiobioChile reports the government is considering the…
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Cl: Guacamaya Group leaks emails from Joint Chiefs of Staff El Estado Mayor Conjunto De Chile (EMCO), the advisory body of the Chilean Ministry of Defense, was the victim of a data leak. Thousands of emails were leaked online by the hacktivist group, Guacamaya in “Operation Repressive Forces. About 10TB of emails from military and…
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Ransomware attacks continue This week, LockBit added four entities related to South America: Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela: Comision Nacional de Acreditación in Chile CNA is a public entity that seeks to evaluate and accredit the quality of the Institutions of Higher Education in Chile. DataBreaches sent an email to them yesterday to ask them if…
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Br: National Fund for Educational Development (FNDE) hit by ransomware On September 3, the RansomExx group leaked 62 TB of files from the National Fund for Educational Development (FNDE). FDNE is a federal agency of the Ministry of Education, and is responsible for implementing programs such as the National School Nutrition Program. FNDE provided a…
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Argentina: More than 14,000 Reports Last Year Between April 2020 and March 2021, the Specialized Cybercrime Prosecution Unit registered 14,583 reports of cases associated with cybercrime, a 465% increase over the previous year. The #DatosEnFuga project attempts to improve security and data protection. It is an initiative of the organizations Democracia en Red, Fundación Vía Libre…