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Costa Rica is a Central American country known for its lush biodiversity and progressive environmental policies. In the context of information security, Costa Rica represents a locale that is increasingly aware of the importance of cyber defenses as it develops its digital infrastructure. With the advancement of technology permeating its economy and government services, Costa Rica has faced various cyber threats ranging from data breaches to cyber attacks against governmental and private sector networks. Recognizing these threats, the country has been working on bolstering its cybersecurity measures, implementing national strategies, and cooperating with international partners to enhance its cyber resilience and to protect the data and privacy of its citizens and businesses.
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Not when pre-activity is exposed, says Red Canary Webinar In April this year the Costa Rican Government declared a national emergency because of a ransomware attack that brought the Ministry of Finance to the edge, and bludgeoned private as well as public import/export services. In May a second attack decapitated its national healthcare service.…
Details have emerged on how the Conti ransomware gang breached the Costa Rican government, showing the attack's precision and the speed of moving from initial access to the final stage of encrypting devices. [...]
Aamir Lakhani, with FortiGuard Labs, answers the question; Why is the Conti ransomware gang targeting people and businesses in Costa Rica?
Also US warns of voting machine flaws and Google pays out $100 million to Illinois In brief Last month the notorious Russian ransomware gang Conti threatened to overthrow Costa Rica's government if a ransom wasn't paid. This month, another band of extortionists has attacked the nation.…
Costa Rica’s national health service was hacked sometime earlier this morning by a Russian ransomware group known as Hive. The intrusion comes just weeks after Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of emergency in response to a data ransom attack from a different Russian ransomware gang — Conti. Ransomware experts say there is good reason to believe the same cybercriminals are behind both attacks, and that Hive has been helping Conti rebrand and evade international sanctions targeting extortion payouts to cybercriminals operating in Russia.
All computer systems on the network of Costa Rica's public health service (known as Costa Rican Social Security Fund or CCCS) are now offline following a Hive ransomware attack that hit them this morning. [...]
Even as the operators of Conti threatened to overthrow the Costa Rican government, the notorious cybercrime gang officially took down their infrastructure in favor of migrating their criminal activities to other ancillary operations, including Karakurt and BlackByte
Also, Chinese IT admin jailed for deleting database, and the NSA promises no more backdoors In brief The notorious Russian-aligned Conti ransomware gang has upped the ante in its attack against Costa Rica, threatening to overthrow the government if it doesn't pay a $20 million ransom. …
The notorious Conti ransomware gang, which last month staged an attack on Costa Rican administrative systems, has threatened to "overthrow" the new government of the country
The declaration came with IT systems across several ministries rendered unusable
The threat group has leaked data that it claims was stolen in the breach and is promising more government-targeted attacks.
Conti's ransomware attack cripples Costa Rica's Treasury, sparking the US to offer a $15M bounty on the group.
The State Department notice comes in wake of the cybercrims’ attack on Costa Rican government The US government is offering up to $15 million for information about key leaders of the notorious Conti ransomware group and any individual participating in an attack using a variant of Conti's malware.…
The Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has declared a national emergency following cyber attacks from Conti ransomware group. BleepingComputer also observed Conti published most of the 672 GB dump that appears to contain data belonging to the Costa Rican government agencies. [...]
No payment for gang who infected Costa Rican government computer systems with ransomware