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Puerto Rico Senate cyberattack disables legislative communications and online services

On 26 January 2022 a cyberattack against Puerto Rico's Senate forced isolation of information systems and disabled its internet connectivity, telephone switchboard and public website. Legislative offices lost computer-dependent services, and recovery work extended beyond the initial reporting day.

71

Estimated severity

71 / 100

94

Source reliability

94 / 100

Approximate Date

2022-01-26

Targeted Company

PUERTO RICO SENATE

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

United States

USA

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

United States

Affected countries

United States

Impacted regions

No information

Operational Impact

Duration

No information

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Operational disruptionService unavailability

Affected sectors

Government & Public Administration

Affected departments

Information Technology

Attack Profile

Attack types

No information

Attributed threat actors

No information

Sources

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