Guatemala’s Foreign Ministry suffered a ransomware attack at the start of the year 2022.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared the Law on Access to Public Information with The Record and was unable to comment on the cyberattack because of it.
The Foreign Ministry was also added to the leak site of the Onyx ransomware group.
Source: https://therecord.media/guatemalas-foreign-ministry-investigating-ransomware-attack/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/ministry-for-foreign-affairs-of-guatemala
"id": "min234151222",
"linkid": "ministry-for-foreign-affairs-of-guatemala",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "04/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Guatemala',
'name': 'Guatemala’s Foreign Ministry',
'type': 'Government'}],
'date_detected': '2022-01-01',
'description': 'Guatemala’s Foreign Ministry suffered a ransomware attack at '
'the start of the year 2022. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs '
'shared the Law on Access to Public Information with The '
'Record and was unable to comment on the cyberattack because '
'of it. The Foreign Ministry was also added to the leak site '
'of the Onyx ransomware group.',
'ransomware': {'ransomware_strain': 'Onyx'},
'references': [{'source': 'The Record'}],
'threat_actor': 'Onyx ransomware group',
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Guatemala’s Foreign Ministry',
'type': 'Ransomware'}