Costa Rica
CRI
CONTI ransomware cripples Costa Rica tax and customs; national emergency declared
On 18/04/2022, Costa Rica's Ministry of Finance was targeted by a Conti cyberattack. The ministry took down all computer services to stop the ransomware infection, affecting systems critical to imports/exports, tax declaration and payment, and public-treasury administration. Customs and tax disruption materially affected trade and government operations.
85
Estimated severity
85 / 100
94
Source reliability
94 / 100
Approximate Date
2022-04-18
Targeted Company
MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN PÚBLICA (Downstream customer)
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Costa Rica
Affected countries
Costa Rica
Impacted regions
Central America · Costa Rica
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Logistics delayOperational disruptionService unavailabilityShipping disruptionSupply chain coordination disruption
Affected sectors
Government & Public AdministrationTransportation
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Data exfiltrationExtortionRansomware
Attributed threat actors
CONTI
Sources
Incident Sources
hacienda.go.crhttps://www.hacienda.go.cr/docs/CostaRicaNov2023OC.PDFbbc.comhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-61316874bellingcat.comhttps://www.bellingcat.com/news/2022/05/20/conti-ransomware-costa-rica/therecord.mediahttps://therecord.media/biden-administration-commits-25-million-costa-rica-ransomware-recovery