Senado de la Nación Argentina

The official web site of Argentina’s senate was hit by a ransomware attack in January 2022.

The attackers dumped the 30,000 files including the personal information and information related to Senate business and finances on the Vice Society’s leak site.

The data also contained the sensitive personal information of many individuals.

The immediate investigation was launched by the Computer Security team and the systems were resoted and secured.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/it-took-6-hours-to-get-access-to-every-it-system-of-argentinas-senate-vice-society/

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/senado-de-la-naci-n-argentina

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"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "1/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

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                        'location': 'Argentina',
                        'name': 'Argentina’s Senate',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
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                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
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                                              'Senate business and finances']},
 'date_detected': '2022-01',
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                'ransomware attack in January 2022. The attackers dumped the '
                '30,000 files including the personal information and '
                'information related to Senate business and finances on the '
                'Vice Society’s leak site. The data also contained the '
                'sensitive personal information of many individuals. The '
                'immediate investigation was launched by the Computer Security '
                'team and the systems were restored and secured.',
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            'systems_affected': ['Website']},
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 'threat_actor': 'Vice Society',
 'title': 'Argentina’s Senate Website Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}