Paraguay on high alert as Black Hunt ransomware looms

January 9, 2024
1 min read

The Paraguay military is warning of Black Hunt ransomware attacks after Tigo Business suffered a cyberattack last week impacting cloud and hosting services in the company’s business division. Tigo is the largest mobile carrier in Paraguay, with its Tigo Business division offering digital solutions to the enterprise, including cybersecurity consulting, cloud and data center hosting, and wide area network (WAN) solutions.

Over the weekend, local media reported that companies were dealing with outages in their websites hosted at Tigo Business since Thursday. While it was suspected that Tigo suffered a cyber attack, the company did not officially confirm the attack until the weekend, when they released a statement.

The Paraguay military is warning of Black Hunt ransomware attacks after Tigo Business suffered a cyberattack last week impacting cloud and hosting services in the company’s business division. Tigo is the largest mobile carrier in Paraguay, with its Tigo Business division offering digital solutions to the enterprise, including cybersecurity consulting, cloud and data center hosting, and wide area network (WAN) solutions.

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