Peru
PER
Cyberattack forces INGEMMET to halt online mining concession petitions
INGEMMET reported outages in its IT infrastructure that took services and applications offline, and it stopped receiving new online mining concession petitions. Press reports say attackers demanded a ransom for database access; the suspension forced consideration of manual processing, risking congestion and precedence issues.
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Estimated severity
55 / 100
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Source reliability
82 / 100
Approximate Date
No information
Targeted Company
INGEMMET
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
Peru
Affected countries
Peru
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOrder processing disruptionBacklog or order accumulation
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
gestion.pehttps://gestion.pe/peru/hackers-habrian-secuestrado-base-de-datos-del-ingemmet-y-exigirian-rescate-concesiones-mineras-noticiaelcomercio.pehttps://elcomercio.pe/economia/mineria-piratas-informaticos-secuestran-y-exigen-rescate-por-el-repositorio-de-concesiones-mineras-del-peru-noticiaswissinfo.chhttps://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/el-instituto-minero-de-per%C3%BA-sufre-secuestro-de-informaci%C3%B3n%2C-seg%C3%BAn-medios/84125236