Argentina CERT.ar Tops 700 State Alerts

CERT.ar, which operates within Argentina's National Cybersecurity Directorate, passed 700 alerts in 2026 tied to incidents against the Argentine state. The figure comes from La Nueva's coverage and adds to other recent data published by Clarín about the team's work, although the numbers do not line up across reports.

What did Clarín report about CERT.ar's staff?

Clarín said CERT.ar had a staff of four people and that, after a leadership change, it was reduced to three. The same report said the team sent alerts to national agencies and that nearly half of the potentially affected entities responded.

It also said the lack of a shared inventory made it difficult to identify which systems were exposed. That points to a concrete operational limit in tracking the scope of incidents and determining which areas each alert should reach.

What differences are there between the published figures?

La Nueva said CERT.ar passed 700 alerts during 2026, while Clarín attributed 520 incidents in 2025 and 800 incidents through October 2026 to the agency's annual report. That last figure should be treated with caution, because it differs from the earlier reference and still needs to be checked against the official document.

In parallel, La Nueva reported that in September 2026 the government opened an investigation after attackers claimed to have breached the Mi Argentina app and obtained personal data from six million citizens. The available wording does not confirm that the intrusion or the data extraction were officially verified.

What does the ransomware record say about Argentina?

Ransomware.live listed 226 ransomware victims linked to Argentina as of November 12, 2026. The record does not specify whether they were state agencies or tie them to the alerts handled by CERT.ar.

The figure offers a reference point for the volume of cases associated with the country in that public database, but it does not allow an automatic comparison with incidents against the state or with the alerts reported by the media about CERT.ar's activity.