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Argentina’s borders frozen after ransomware attacks

After ransomware attacks Argentina's border crossing was paused for four hours

by Jade
September 7, 2020
in Cyber Bites
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A Netwalker ransomware attack targetted Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, which resulted in Argentina’s border crossing being halted for 4 hours.

Ransomware attacks against local agencies are becoming more frequent, but this may be the first attack to affect a countries operations.

The Argentinian government first noticed the attack after border checkpoints made tech support calls at 7AM on Agust 27th according to a criminal complaint published by Unidad Fiscal Especializada en Ciberdelincuencia, Argentina’s cybersecurity agency.

 

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