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Costa Rica: MICITT announces cybersecurity incident at Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications ('MICITT') announced, on 26 September 2022, that the Ministry of Health had experienced, on 24 September 2022, a cybersecurity incident, which is currently under investigation by the Technical Committee of Containment and Protection, comprised, among others, of the MICITT and the Information Security Incident Response Centre ('CSIRT-CR'). In particular, the MICITT stated that the compromised accounts of the Ministry of Health are being identified and that the situation is closely monitored.
Furthermore, the MICITT outlined actions taken following the discovery of the cybersecurity incident, such as the verification of double-factor authentication and the implementation of additional layers of security to prevent any attempts to compromise the security of the systems in question.
You can read the press release, only available in Spanish, here.
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