Brazil
BRA
Brazil Health Ministry intrusion disrupts vaccination certificates and epidemiological reporting
On 10 December 2021, cyber intruders defaced Brazilian Ministry of Health websites and caused outages of ConecteSUS, vaccination-certificate issuance and other public-health information systems, including e-SUS Notifica. ConecteSUS was restored after approximately 13 days with initial instability, while the ministry said immunization records had been recovered without data loss. LAPSUS$ claimed the attack; encryption and permanent destruction were not established.
87
Estimated severity
87 / 100
95
Source reliability
95 / 100
Approximate Date
2021-12-10
Targeted Company
BRAZIL MINISTRY OF HEALTH
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
Brazil
Affected countries
Brazil
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
13 days
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Operational disruptionService degradationService unavailability
Affected sectors
Government & Public AdministrationHealthcare & Public Health
Affected departments
Customer ServiceInformation Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Data modificationExtortionUnauthorized access
Attributed threat actors
LAPSUS$
Sources
Incident Sources
www1.folha.uol.com.brhttps://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2021/12/sites-do-ministerio-da-saude-e-do-conecte-sus-saem-do-ar-apos-suposto-ataque-hacker.shtmlnoticias.uol.com.brhttps://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/agencia-brasil/2021/12/10/sites-e-aplicativo-do-ministerio-da-saude-sofrem-ataque-cibernetico.htmnoticias.uol.com.brhttps://noticias.uol.com.br/saude/ultimas-noticias/redacao/2021/12/23/conectesus-e-restabelecido-com-instabilidade-13-dias-apos-ataque-hacker.htmnoticias.uol.com.brhttps://noticias.uol.com.br/saude/ultimas-noticias/redacao/2021/12/12/governo-diz-que-recuperou-dados-de-vacinados-apos-ataque-hacker.htm