San Luis Potosí Municipality Reports Hack and Extortion Demands
Summary
San Luis Potosí’s mayor says attackers breached municipal systems, extracted information, and demanded payment. The city filed a federal complaint; no citizen database breach has been reported, and security upgrades are underway.
Key points
- Mayor Enrique Galindo Ceballos said attackers breached part of the municipal government’s digital infrastructure.
- The municipality received messages demanding payment to release the extracted information or prevent its disclosure.
- The mayor said the city will not negotiate and has filed a federal complaint.
- The extracted information mainly consisted of municipal employees’ asset declarations; the mayor said most was already public, though additional information may have been obtained.
- The mayor said there were no reports that databases of citizens using municipal services had been compromised.
- The municipality is working to strengthen security, particularly for services connected to the internet.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Ayuntamiento de San Luis Potosí
- Incident Type
- Cyberattack involving unauthorized access and extraction of information, followed by attempted extortion.
- Data Types Exposed
- Municipal employees’ asset declarations
- Operational Impact
- Part of the municipality’s digital infrastructure was compromised. No reported evidence that databases of citizens using municipal services or procedures were affected.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- The municipality received messages demanding payment to release the extracted information or prevent its disclosure. The mayor said the municipality would not pay and had ordered a federal complaint to be filed.
- Claim Status
- confirmed