The Argentinean Ministry of Industry has been hacked by young hacker Kapustkiy and his associate Kasimierz.
A significant number of people's private documents, Facebook and Twitter accounts, contact details, names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers were made public due to the data breach.
By obtaining access to an administrator account, the hackers were able to compromise the produccion.gob.ar website of the Argentine Ministry of Industry.
The Argentinean Ministry's inadequate security is evident from the hackers' confirmation that the login credentials used to secure the website are extremely flimsy.
Source: https://securityaffairs.com/54152/data-breach/argentinian-ministry-of-industry.html
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/ministerio-de-la-producci-n
"id": "min312131123",
"linkid": "ministerio-de-la-producci-n",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Argentina',
'name': 'Argentinean Ministry of Industry',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Compromised administrator account',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'number_of_records_exposed': 'Significant',
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['private documents',
'social media accounts',
'contact details',
'personal information']},
'description': 'The Argentinean Ministry of Industry has been hacked by young '
'hacker Kapustkiy and his associate Kasimierz. A significant '
"number of people's private documents, Facebook and Twitter "
'accounts, contact details, names, addresses, emails, and '
'phone numbers were made public due to the data breach. By '
'obtaining access to an administrator account, the hackers '
'were able to compromise the produccion.gob.ar website of the '
"Argentine Ministry of Industry. The Argentinean Ministry's "
"inadequate security is evident from the hackers' confirmation "
'that the login credentials used to secure the website are '
'extremely flimsy.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Significant',
'data_compromised': ['private documents',
'Facebook accounts',
'Twitter accounts',
'contact details',
'names',
'addresses',
'emails',
'phone numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': 'produccion.gob.ar website'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Administrator account'},
'lessons_learned': 'The incident highlights the importance of strong login '
'credentials and robust security measures to protect '
'sensitive information.',
'motivation': 'Unspecified',
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': 'Strengthen authentication '
'mechanisms and improve '
'overall security posture.',
'root_causes': 'Weak login credentials'},
'recommendations': 'Implement stronger authentication mechanisms, regularly '
'update security protocols, and conduct security audits.',
'threat_actor': ['Kapustkiy', 'Kasimierz'],
'title': 'Data Breach at Argentinean Ministry of Industry',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Weak login credentials'}