Argentina — Cyber Threat Profile
Argentina maintains a moderately developed cybersecurity posture anchored in public sector digitalization and financial system protection requirements. National cyber authorities coordinate incident response, critical infrastructure defense, and cybercrime enforcement. The country faces a mix of financially motivated attacks and periodic state-sponsored espionage targeting government, energy, and scientific sectors. Regional geopolitical positioning and participation in multilateral forums elevate its strategic relevance. Continued investment in national CERT capabilities, legal frameworks, and public-private information sharing is strengthening Argentina's cyber defense maturity and operational coordination.- National CERT/CSIRT: CERT.ar (Equipo de Respuesta ante Emergencias Informáticas)
- Data protection authority: Dirección Nacional de Protección de Datos Personales (PDP) (source: CNIL)
- World Cybercrime Index 2024 (origin significance): 0.14 / 100, #83 worldwide
- Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 5,453.4 (source: World Bank)
- Internet users (2024): 89.7% of population (source: World Bank)
Latest Argentina coverage
- Argentina had its busiest week yet on ransomware leak sites 2026-09-21 · Cyber Incidents
- Qilin ransomware lists Argentina's army on its leak site 2026-07-25 · Ransomware
Threat actors targeting Argentina
- Salt Typhoon APT
- Qilin Ransomware · 35 incident(s)
- The Gentlemen Ransomware · 14 incident(s)
- LockBit Ransomware · 12 incident(s)
- SafePay Ransomware · 11 incident(s)
- DragonForce Ransomware · 7 incident(s)
- Akira Ransomware · 6 incident(s)
- RansomHub Ransomware · 6 incident(s)
- INC Ransom Ransomware · 5 incident(s)
- 3AM Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- Deadlock Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- Nova Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- APT73 Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Coinbase Cartel Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Emperador Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- FunkSec Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Hunters International Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Krybit Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- L Group Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Play Ransomware Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Rhysida Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Stormous Hacktivist · 2 incident(s)
- Audit Team Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Aurora Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Barracuda Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- BianLian Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Blackwater Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Brain Cipher Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Cl0p Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Crypto24 Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Global Secret Group Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Handala Hacktivist · 1 incident(s)
- Kazu Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- KillSec Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- M3rx Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Medusa Ransomware Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Meow Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Money Message Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- N0n Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- NightSpire Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
Most targeted sectors
- Healthcare 16 incident(s)
- Agriculture & Food 15 incident(s)
- Retail & Consumer 15 incident(s)
- Business & Professional Services 14 incident(s)
- Manufacturing 12 incident(s)
- Technology 12 incident(s)
- Government & Public Sector 9 incident(s)
- Hospitality & Tourism 6 incident(s)
- Financial Services 5 incident(s)
- Transportation & Logistics 5 incident(s)
- Energy & Utilities 4 incident(s)
- Construction 3 incident(s)
Recent claimed incidents
- Aryza 2026-10-23 · Technology
- MaxiSeguridad 2026-10-23 · Professional Services
- clinicaromero.com 2026-10-21 · Healthcare
- Grupo Cronica 2026-10-19 · Other
- CMC AUDITORES SRL 2026-10-13 · Professional Services
- Secretaría de Modernización e Innovación del Municipio 2026-10-10 · Government & Defense
- TGN 2026-10-09
- Argentina Valores S.A. 2026-10-08 · Other
- Laboratorios Roemmers SAICF 2026-10-01 · Healthcare
- Pistones Persan 2026-09-28 · Manufacturing
- Solucioning S.A. 2026-09-24 · Other
- Grupo Hospifar S.R.L. 2026-09-22 · Healthcare
- arsrenacer.com 2026-09-20 · Other
- Ceres Tolvas 2026-09-18 · Agriculture and Food Production
- Ministry of Education — Argentina 2026-09-18 · Government & Defense