USAID and associated relief efforts face severe disruptions due to funding cuts. These have jeopardized humanitarian aid, public health initiatives, and human rights work, including critical anti-human-trafficking operations. The decreased budget has rendered numerous organizations inoperative, causing chaos for survivor support staff daily. With significant negative implications, these funding pauses have emboldened criminal groups behind widespread online scams, risking lives and undermining law enforcement achievements against organized crime in Southeast Asia.
Source: https://www.wired.com/story/usaid-collapse-is-helping-criminal-scammers-enslave-people/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/usaid
"id": "usa001021425",
"linkid": "usaid",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "2/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Humanitarian Aid',
'location': 'Global',
'name': 'USAID',
'type': 'Government Agency'}],
'description': 'USAID and associated relief efforts face severe disruptions '
'due to funding cuts. These have jeopardized humanitarian aid, '
'public health initiatives, and human rights work, including '
'critical anti-human-trafficking operations. The decreased '
'budget has rendered numerous organizations inoperative, '
'causing chaos for survivor support staff daily. With '
'significant negative implications, these funding pauses have '
'emboldened criminal groups behind widespread online scams, '
'risking lives and undermining law enforcement achievements '
'against organized crime in Southeast Asia.',
'impact': {'operational_impact': 'Significant negative implications for '
'humanitarian aid, public health '
'initiatives, and human rights work'},
'motivation': 'Financial gain and disruption of law enforcement efforts',
'threat_actor': 'Criminal groups behind widespread online scams',
'title': 'Disruptions in USAID and Relief Efforts due to Funding Cuts',
'type': 'Disruption due to Funding Cuts'}