Costa Rica’s public health service, known as the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS), was hit by ransomware attack by Hive group which forced it to take its systems offline.
The group deployed the ransomware on at least 30 out of 1,500 government servers which caused several printers to spit out the unintelligible documents.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ccssdecostarica
"id": "caj1564622",
"linkid": "ccssdecostarica",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Costa Rica',
'name': 'Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS)',
'type': 'Government'}],
'description': 'Costa Rica’s public health service, known as the Costa Rican '
'Social Security Fund (CCSS), was hit by a ransomware attack '
'by the Hive group which forced it to take its systems '
'offline. The group deployed the ransomware on at least 30 out '
'of 1,500 government servers which caused several printers to '
'spit out unintelligible documents.',
'impact': {'systems_affected': ['at least 30 out of 1,500 government '
'servers']},
'threat_actor': 'Hive group',
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Costa Rican Social Security Fund',
'type': 'Ransomware'}