Argentina
ARG
Rhysida ransomware disables PAMI healthcare and medicine-traceability systems
On August 2, 2023 Rhysida ransomware disrupted PAMI's systems, disabling electronic prescriptions and FARMAPAMI pharmacy-validation functions and forcing emergency paper workflows. Argentina's national pharmaceutical traceability platform was also unavailable, prompting ANMAT to temporarily waive mandatory reporting for drug and implant distribution until restoration.
86
Estimated severity
86 / 100
97
Source reliability
97 / 100
Approximate Date
2023-08-02
Targeted Company
PAMI
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
ANMAT (Data center or hosting provider)
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
Argentina
Affected countries
Argentina
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service degradationService unavailabilitySupply chain visibility loss
Affected sectors
Healthcare & Public HealthPharmaceuticals & Life Sciences
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
MalwareRansomware
Attributed threat actors
RHYSIDA
Sources
Incident Sources
argentina.gob.arhttps://www.argentina.gob.ar/normativa/nacional/resoluci%C3%B3n-1093-2023-388194/textoargentina.gob.arhttps://www.argentina.gob.ar/noticias/sistema-nacional-de-trazabilidad-informacion-para-el-suministro-de-productoslanacion.com.arhttps://www.lanacion.com.ar/sociedad/ciberataque-estan-caidos-varios-servicios-online-de-pami-nid02082023/argentina.gob.arhttps://www.argentina.gob.ar/node/392787criterioonline.comhttps://www.criterioonline.com/2023/08/comunicado-ciberataque-a-los-sistemas-de-pami/cronista.comhttps://www.cronista.com/columnistas/el-ciberataque-a-pami-y-los-desafios-del-sistema-de-salud/