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EPM cyberattack disrupts customer channels and prepay energy services in Colombia

EPM states that on 12/12/2022 it suffered a ransomware cyber incident affecting about 30% of its technological infrastructure. Core utility-control systems were not compromised, but corporate services were made unavailable and the main customer impact involved prepaid energy and water services, which were handled through contingency processes and progressively restored.

55

Estimated severity

55 / 100

91

Source reliability

91 / 100

Approximate Date

2022-12-12

Targeted Company

EPM

Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact

  1. Distribution & Fulfillment

  2. Procurement & Sourcing

  3. Production & Manufacturing

  4. Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)

  5. Warehousing

  6. Service Delivery

  7. Unrecognized Impact

Supply Chain Relations

No information

Geographic Impact

Country Targeted Company

Colombia

COL

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

Colombia

Affected countries

Colombia

Impacted regions

Latin America · Colombia

Operational Impact

Duration

No information

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Downstream customer disruptionERP or business system disruptionService unavailability

Affected sectors

Energy & Utilities

Affected departments

AccountingCustomer ServiceInformation Technology

Attack Profile

Attack types

Ransomware

Attributed threat actors

No information

Sources

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