Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2025

Threat actors breached Argentina’s airport security police (PSA) payroll, stealing data and deducting 2,000-5,000 pesos from salaries.

Threat actors have breached Argentina’s airport security police (PSA) and compromised the personal and financial data of its officers and civilian personnel.

Threat actors deducted from 2,000 to 5,000 pesos under false charges like “DD mayor” and “DD seguros.”

“The payroll of police and civilian personnel of the Airport Security Police (PSA) was hacked and false mutuals appeared on the pay slips from which 5,000 pesos were deducted in some cases, 3,000 in others and 2,000 in others. The charges were listed as ” DD mayor” or “DD seguros.”” reads the post published by pagina12. “The attack against the force that is under the orbit of the Minister of Security Patricia Bullrich is kept in absolute confidentiality and unofficial spokespersons of the PSA affirm that the access to the database was not in the security force but in the Banco Nación, through which salaries are paid.”

According to the website “pagina12,” threat actors exploited a vulnerability in Banco Nación’s payroll system to access Argentina’s airport security police records.

The attack likely involved remote servers, possibly from abroad, and the experts speculate the involvement of internal accomplices.

The PSA blocked services in response to the incident and launched an investigation that is still ongoing.

On August 2020, Telecom Argentina faced a ransomware attack encrypting 18,000 workstations.

On September 2020, Argentina’s official immigration agency, Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, was hit by a Netwalker ransomware attack that caused the interruption of the border crossing into and out of the country for four hours.

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Pierluigi Paganini

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