Chile ANCI logs 566 incidents in 2026

Chile’s National Cybersecurity Agency, ANCI, received 566 reports of significant incidents between January and Oct. 15, 2026, according to BioBioChile. That is a 166% increase from the 213 incidents logged during all of 2025, according to another report cited in the material. At the same time, Chilean public agencies are already using machine learning-based analytics for control tasks and anomaly detection.

What do ANCI’s figures show?

The trend points to a higher volume of mandatory reports and a sustained exposure of affected systems. Revista Seguridad attributes the increase to a mix of mandatory compliance and persistent digital exposure, although it says there is no conclusive evidence that the incidents are tied to advanced AI tools.

BioBioChile said the 566 reports were concentrated in less than 10 months of 2026. Ionix Latam, meanwhile, said ANCI identified 915 operators of vital importance during its first year of operation and received more than 400 incident reports in 2025. That context helps frame the growth in the records the agency is handling today.

What does Law 21,663 require?

Law 21,663, the Cybersecurity Framework Law, created ANCI and set prevention, response, and reporting duties for essential service providers and operators of vital importance. AZ’s coverage details early alerts within up to three hours, an initial assessment within 72 hours, or 24 hours for operators of vital importance, plus a final report within 15 calendar days.

That legal framework explains why incident reporting has become more visible in Chile. The same law establishes specific responsibilities for essential service providers and for operators deemed critical, at a time when the agency is already accumulating hundreds of reports this year.

What tools is the Chilean state using?

The Comptroller General of the Republic uses Alquimia, a machine learning and deep learning system to analyze interest and asset disclosures, detect anomalies in company behavior, and generate early warnings. Diario Financiero does not present the tool as a specific security operations center system.

In addition, IT News Lat’s coverage of a phishing simulation in Chile reported a 20% failure rate among participants in an exercise involving supposed problems with corporate email. The available excerpt does not confirm that the content was generated with artificial intelligence, so that point remains only evidence of user exposure.

What alerts did ANCI issue?

ANCI’s National CSIRT published alert AIA26-00270 on attacks against industrial cooling systems in Europe and reminded covered entities under Law 21,663 that they must report the relevant incidents. NIVEL4 Labs reported that notice on Nov. 5, 2026.

During the same period, a Prensa Mercosur report said a bill introduced in the Senate on Oct. 28 would amend Law 21,663 to require digital identification, traceability, permission controls, and oversight of private institutions that operate AI agents. The source presents that as a reported legislative initiative, not as an approved change.