
Brazil Police Probe Ransomware Group
Federal Police launched Operation Insidioso after a July attack with sensitive data theft and possible intrusion and extortion charges.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min
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Federal Police launched Operation Insidioso after a July attack with sensitive data theft and possible intrusion and extortion charges.
Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min

Guardião Cibernético 8.0 expanded to 300 organizations, 14 countries and drills on energy, transport, health and nuclear sectors.
Oct 3, 2026 · 4 min

Ransom-DB logged Brazil among several ransomware targets, while a SAFEPAY report cited a case in Mexico.
Oct 2, 2026 · 2 min

São Paulo Civil Police indicted 268 suspects in 2026 as Brazil’s Justice Ministry and Federal Police launched new fraud operations.
Sep 25, 2026 · 2 min

Emperador kept claiming Brazil’s Receita Federal and said it had 6.3 GB of data. No official breach confirmation.
Sep 24, 2026 · 3 min

Federal District judges upheld the conviction of two hackers who accessed Santa Marta Hospital data and demanded 43 bitcoins.
Sep 22, 2026 · 3 min

Panzer claimed K3G Solutions and Play claimed Metallco. Unit 42 also reported a phishing campaign against Brazil's financial sector.
Sep 22, 2026 · 2 min

Deepfake fraud in Brazil rose 830% and now accounts for 1 in 15 detected cases in 2026. The central bank updated Pix rules.
Sep 21, 2026 · 3 min

JC2Sec and Bitsight say Brazil accounts for 53% of cyberattacks in Latin America, with pressure on government
Sep 21, 2026 · 2 min

Panzer claimed K3G Solutions Brazil in Manaus and tied it to a possible 300 GB exfiltration, according to ransomware records.
Sep 20, 2026 · 2 min

Security Arsenal confirmed Logar Network Solutions in Brazil as a new VEXY victim. Breach House and Ransomware.live tied it to MSP services.
Sep 18, 2026 · 2 min

Brazil logged 27 ransomware attacks in August 2026, its monthly high for the year. GSI and CISC issued new official alerts.
Sep 14, 2026 · 3 min

Unit 42 found two active campaigns in Latin America. One targeted Brazil's financial sector with job phishing, RATs and SOCKS5 tunnels.
Sep 14, 2026 · 2 min

Gambling Goblin compromised Brazilian public and education sites to redirect traffic to betting and phishing pages, officials said.
Sep 11, 2026 · 4 min

Google and Mandiant tied Breeze Comet to hundreds of fraudulent transactions in Brazil and persistent access to financial networks.
Sep 10, 2026 · 3 min

Oportunidados was listed by Direwolf and tracked by multiple intelligence panels. Some sources allege exfiltration and critical severity.
Sep 2, 2026 · 3 min

Brazil’s Arcos city hall appears on a leak site tied to Emperador, but the claim has not been independently verified.
Aug 19, 2026 · 2 min

Trezor said a ShipMonk breach exposed customer order data, including users in Brazil. Its own systems were not affected.
Aug 15, 2026 · 2 min

IntelFusions logged 68 leak site claims against South American organizations in 30 days, including cases in Brazil.
Aug 13, 2026 · 2 min

Brazil’s Finance Ministry warned about false ads and messages using government branding to trick people seeking debt renegotiation.
Aug 12, 2026 · 2 min

Brazil is seeing more impersonation scams, stolen phones and false public records, with bank losses reaching billions of reais.
Aug 11, 2026 · 2 min

A SISVISA-linked database was reportedly left open without authentication, exposing more than 102,000 files with sensitive data.
Aug 7, 2026 · 2 min

STJ rulings may help victims recover losses, while a TCU audit says PCC and Comando Vermelho ran digital fraud tied to state benefits.
Aug 5, 2026 · 3 min

Section9 continues to list Brazilian victims, while the breaches remain unconfirmed. Breach House now tracks 566 Brazil-linked records.
Jul 31, 2026 · 3 min

Global Secret Group was added to its leak site with a claimed 847 GB tied to SPDM. The case puts Brazil's health sector back in focus.
Jul 30, 2026 · 2 min

Manufacturing, technology and business services are the main targets in Brazil, as Akira, Qilin and DragonForce go after hypervisors.
Jul 30, 2026 · 3 min

PhantomEnigma abuses .gov.br sites and trusted email to spread malware in Brazil. Banana RAT is also stealing banking credentials.
Jul 29, 2026 · 2 min

Brazil logged 99 confirmed ransomware attacks in H1 2026, keeping healthcare among the country’s top targets.
Jul 28, 2026 · 4 min

Brazil logged 23 ransomware attacks in June 2026, with 96% involving exfiltration before encryption, according to cited reports.
Jul 22, 2026 · 2 min

Brazil's ANPD opened a case against Isac Tecnologia em Saúde over a ransomware attack that exposed data on about 500,000 patients.
Jul 19, 2026 · 2 min

Santotech says Brazil accounts for most Latin American ransomware attacks on health care, driven by phishing and outdated medical systems.
Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min

Brazil accounted for 51% of ransomware attacks on health care in Latin America. Brazil’s ANPD opened a case over data from 500,000 patients.
Jul 13, 2026 · 2 min

Brazil’s ANPD opened a case against ISAC after a ransomware attack reportedly exposed data from up to 500,000 patients.
Jul 11, 2026 · 2 min

Brazil accounted for 51% of ransomware attacks against the health sector in Latin America in 2026
Jul 8, 2026 · 2 min