Costa Rica
CRI
Costa Rican Social Security Fund shuts down critical systems amid Hive ransomware attack
On 31 May 2022, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) detected a cyberattack attributed to the Hive ransomware group and initiated a controlled shutdown of critical systems, including the national digital health record (EDUS) and the Centralized Collection System. CCSS declared an institutional emergency and hospitals reverted to paper processes to continue patient care, indicating nationwide service disruption while recovery efforts proceeded.
78
Estimated severity
78 / 100
92
Source reliability
92 / 100
Approximate Date
31/05/2022
Targeted Company
COSTA RICAN SOCIAL SECURITY FUND
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Costa Rica
Affected countries
Costa Rica
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityService degradationOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Healthcare & Public Health
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
HIVE
Sources
Incident Sources
welivesecurity.comhttps://www.welivesecurity.com/la-es/2022/06/01/ransomware-hive-ataca-ccss-costa-ricafacebook.comhttps://www.facebook.com/cendeisss/posts/ccss-declara-estado-de-emergencia-institucional-debido-a-ataques-inform%C3%A1ticos-me/5096119090481425en.wikipedia.orghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Costa_Rican_ransomware_attackrm.coe.inthttps://rm.coe.int/session-i-carlos-castro-sojo-costa-rica/1680a8cbe3