Costa Rica — Cyber Threat Profile
Costa Rica's cybersecurity governance is guided by its 2023–2027 National Cybersecurity Strategy led by MICITT. Institutional structures include the National Cybersecurity Directorate, CSIRT-CR, and a government Security Operations Center. Strategic pillars cover governance, legal frameworks, critical infrastructure protection, and education. A national data protection law and digital identity infrastructure support secure public services. Costa Rica emphasizes public-private partnerships and regional CERT collaboration to enhance national cyber resilience.- National CERT/CSIRT: CSIRT-CR
- Data protection authority: Agencia de Protección de Datos de los Habitantes (PRODHAB) (source: CNIL)
- Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 1,999.8 (source: World Bank)
- Internet users (2024): 87.2% of population (source: World Bank)
Threat actors targeting Costa Rica
- DragonForce Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Lynx Ransomware Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- FunkSec Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- INC Ransom Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- LockBit Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- MedusaLocker Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- NightSpire Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Payload Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Qilin Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- RansomHub Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Snatch Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Stormous Hacktivist · 1 incident(s)
Most targeted sectors
- Agriculture & Food 2 incident(s)
- Energy & Utilities 2 incident(s)
- Transportation & Logistics 2 incident(s)
- Education & Research 1 incident(s)
- Financial Services 1 incident(s)
- Healthcare 1 incident(s)
- Technology 1 incident(s)
Recent claimed incidents
- Recsa 2026-07-22
- Clínica La Sabana 2026-06-26 · Healthcare
- Colegio María Inmaculada (CMI) 2026-05-05 · Education
- latamlex (gyg.local) 2025-11-12
- Grupo Serex 2025-10-08
- Grupo DIRIA 2025-08-27
- enersolcr.com 2025-05-02 · Energy
- Sisnet, Costa Rica 2025-04-26 · Technology
- RECOPE, or the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery, 2024-12-12 · Energy
- ctsjo.com 2024-12-05 · Transportation/Logistics
- Grupo Trisan 2024-11-17 · Agriculture and Food Production
- Grupo_Trisan 2024-11-16 · Agriculture and Food Production
- sislocar.com 2024-05-09 · Transportation/Logistics
- Banco Promerica 2024-01-13 · Financial
- Nulled.cr 2016-05-06