Chile
CHL
FONASA encryption attack disrupts public health administration
On February 17 attackers encrypted roughly 250 FONASA workstations and affected around 25 Windows servers across Chilean offices. Its principal website experienced interruptions and branch service was delayed, impairing delivery of the public health fund’s administrative services. BlackCat was reported as the attacker, but attribution rests partly on criminal claims.
71
Estimated severity
71 / 100
89
Source reliability
89 / 100
Approximate Date
2023-02-17
Targeted Company
FONASA
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
Chile
Affected countries
Chile
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public AdministrationHealthcare & Public Health
Affected departments
Customer ServiceInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
MalwareRansomware
Attributed threat actors
ALPHV
Sources
Incident Sources
trendtic.clhttps://www.trendtic.cl/2023/02/fonasa-presento-querella-por-incidente-informatico-que-afecto-a-25-servidores-y-250-computadores/portalprensasalud.clhttps://portalprensasalud.cl/2023/12/07/ataques-ciberneticos-a-sistemas-de-salud-pueden-tardar-hasta-un-ano-en-detectarse/cooperativa.clhttps://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/tecnologia/internet/seguridad/tesoreria-general-de-la-republica-y-fonasa-sufrieron-ciberataques-en-el/2023-02-28/171624.html