Guatemala
GTM
Guatemala’s National Health Laboratory hit by cyber incident; processes and web briefly disrupted
On 13–14/04/2026, Guatemala’s Ministry of Health confirmed a cyber incident at the Laboratorio Nacional de Salud that encrypted internal files on some systems. Authorities activated protocols, restored from backups, and reported temporary interruptions in some processes and the web platform during recovery, with no evidence of sensitive data compromise.
22
Estimated severity
22 / 100
90
Source reliability
90 / 100
Approximate Date
13/04/2026
Targeted Company
LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE SALUD
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
Guatemala
Affected countries
Guatemala
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationOperational disruption
Affected sectors
Government & Public AdministrationHealthcare & Public Health
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Malware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
agn.gthttps://agn.gt/ministerio-de-salud-contiene-incidente-de-seguridad-informatica-el-cual-no-evidencio-vulneracion-de-datos-sensibles-de-pacientesprensalibre.comhttps://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/comunitario/ataque-informatico-afecta-al-laboratorio-nacional-de-salud-y-activa-protocolos-de-seguridad-breakingsoy502.comhttps://www.soy502.com/articulo/mspas-confirma-intento-ataque-cibernetico-al-lns-102052emisorasunidas.comhttps://emisorasunidas.com/nacional/2026/04/14/ministerio-salud-seguridad-informatica-ciberseguridad-laboratorio-nacionallahora.gthttps://lahora.gt/nacionales/kjordan/2026/04/14/salud-confirma-ataque-cibernetico-en-laboratorio-nacional-pero-asegura-que-fue-contenido-sin-que-datos-sensibles-fuera-robados