Uruguay
URY
Ransomware paralyzes municipal operations at the Intendencia de Paysandú
The Intendencia de Paysandú suffered a cyberattack on 24 July 2024 that encrypted municipal information and produced an outage across its systems. The incident prevented normal tax collection and management and affected other essential administrative processes while the municipality reconstructed its environment and recovered encrypted information.
78
Estimated severity
78 / 100
94
Source reliability
94 / 100
Approximate Date
24/07/2024
Targeted Company
INTENDENCIA DE PAYSANDU
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
Uruguay
Affected countries
Uruguay
Impacted regions
Paysandu · Uruguay
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityOperational disruptionERP or business system disruption
Affected sectors
Government & Public Administration
Affected departments
Information TechnologyFinanceAccounting
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
paysandu.gub.uyhttps://www.paysandu.gub.uy/2024/10/16/la-intendencia-restablecio-sus-sistemas-y-retoma-cobranza-de-tributos/eltelegrafo.comhttps://www.eltelegrafo.com/2024/07/ciberataque-sufrido-es-mas-grave-de-lo-previsto-pese-a-ello-intendencia-asegura-el-pago-de-salarios/elobservador.com.uyhttps://www.elobservador.com.uy/ciencia-y-tecnologia/intendencia-paysandu-sufrio-ataque-informatico-y-hackers-pidieron-us-650-mil-para-recuperar-informacion-n5953207xn--lamaana-7za.uyhttps://www.xn--lamaana-7za.uy/actualidad/intendencia-de-paysandu-en-estado-emergencia-un-virus-encripto-toda-su-base-de-datos-n5953209