Ministério da Saúde

Brazil's Ministry of Health (MoH) suffered a major ransomware attack by the Lapsus$ Group,that resulted in the unavailability of the COVID-19 vaccination data of millions of citizens.

The attack took off MoH's websites, including ConecteSUS, which tracks the trajectory of citizens in the public healthcare system.

The Group claimed that they took some 50TB worth of data has been extracted from the MoH's systems.

However, the Brazilian health minister said the department holds a backup of the data allegedly copied and erased from the national health service's databases.

Source: https://www.zdnet.com/article/brazilian-ministry-of-health-suffers-cyberattack-and-covid-19-vaccination-data-vanishes/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/ministeriodasaude

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"linkid": "ministeriodasaude",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "12/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

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                        'location': 'Brazil',
                        'name': 'Ministry of Health, Brazil',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
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 'description': "Brazil's Ministry of Health (MoH) suffered a major ransomware "
                'attack by the Lapsus$ Group, resulting in the unavailability '
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 'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': ['50TB worth of data']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Data backup']},
 'threat_actor': 'Lapsus$ Group',
 'title': "Ransomware Attack on Brazil's Ministry of Health",
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}