Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly Confirms Cyberattack Disrupted Systems
Summary
Costa Rica’s Legislative Assembly president confirmed a cyberattack affected its systems, disrupting the institutional website and some committee sessions. The attack’s scope is unknown; an investigation and stronger protections were announced.
Key points
- Legislative Assembly President Yara Jiménez confirmed the Congress was hit by a cyberattack.
- The institutional website went down, preventing legislators from checking the agenda of proposed bills.
- Failures in systems also kept several legislative committees from meeting normally.
- Jiménez did not disclose the attack’s scope or explain the earlier system failures.
- The Assembly’s information security unit will investigate and strengthen protections; no further incident details were provided.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Asamblea Legislativa
- Incident Type
- Cyberattack compromising the victim's computer systems
- Operational Impact
- The institutional website was unavailable, preventing legislators from consulting the project agenda. Failures in systems also prevented several legislative commissions from meeting normally.
- Claim Status
- confirmed
People
Abril GordienkoCalled for more timely communication about similar incidents in the future.Eugenia RománDeputy who raised concern about the institutional website outage.Yara JiménezPresident of the Asamblea Legislativa; confirmed that the Congress suffered a cyberattack compromising its computer systems.