Colombia
COL
Invima suspends procedures after Oct. 3, 2022 hack; deadlines paused to Oct. 31
On 3 Oct 2022, Colombia’s Invima suffered a cyberattack described as ‘secuestro de información’. The agency disabled its web portal and connections to contain the incident and, through Resolution 600000 (Oct. 4, 2022), formally suspended terms for specified procedures until Oct. 31 while enabling alternative channels for critical activities.
55
Estimated severity
55 / 100
96
Source reliability
96 / 100
Approximate Date
03/10/2022
Targeted Company
INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE VIGILANCIA DE MEDICAMENTOS Y ALIMENTOS
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
Colombia
Affected countries
Colombia
Impacted regions
Colombia · Colombia
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOperational disruptionBacklog or order accumulation
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information TechnologyLegal, Risk & Compliance
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
normograma.invima.gov.cohttps://normograma.invima.gov.co/compilacion/docs/resolucion_invima_60000_2022.htmes-us.finanzas.yahoo.comhttps://es-us.finanzas.yahoo.com/noticias/invima-colombia-atiende-contingencia-tr%C3%A1mites-215000100.htmlconsultorsalud.comhttps://consultorsalud.com/invima-objeto-ataque-ciberneticoanaldex.orghttps://analdex.org/2022/10/06/nuevo-ataque-cibernetico-al-invima