Uruguay — Cyber Threat Profile
CERTuy logged 42,768 cybersecurity incidents in Uruguay during 2025, close to triple the 14,264 recorded in 2024, though only 0.17% were rated high or very-high severity, down from 0.48% the prior year. In October 2025, the ransomware group Crypto24 listed Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay on its leak site, claiming to have exfiltrated over 700GB of customer financial records. CERTuy, operating under AGESIC, coordinates national incident response and publishes these annual incident statistics, but Uruguay's expanding digital financial services remain exposed to internationally active ransomware crews.- National CERT/CSIRT: CERTuy
- Data protection authority: Unidad Reguladora y de Control de Datos Personales (URCDP) (source: CNIL)
- Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 4,640.7 (source: World Bank)
- Internet users (2024): 92.0% of population (source: World Bank)
Threat actors targeting Uruguay
- Gunra Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- LockBit Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Qilin Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Akira Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Deadlock Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Global Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- NightSpire Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Payload Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- RansomHouse Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
Most targeted sectors
- Business & Professional Services 6 incident(s)
- Transportation & Logistics 2 incident(s)
- Financial Services 1 incident(s)
- Manufacturing 1 incident(s)
- Retail & Consumer 1 incident(s)
- Technology 1 incident(s)
Recent claimed incidents
- Asociación de Escribanos del Uruguay 2026-10-08 · Professional Services
- Blanco & Etcheverry 2026-09-04 · Professional Services
- Vigilia 2026-08-28 · Technology
- Integraduanas 2026-08-19
- ACU - The Automobile Club of Uruguay 2026-07-10 · Transportation/Logistics
- Yuditec S.A. 2026-06-30
- Suárez&Clavera 2026-06-12 · Business Services
- DOBARRO & PICHEL 2026-06-11 · Consumer Services
- Peroni Sosa Tellechea Burt & Narvaja 2026-04-23 · Business Services
- Teruya Brothers Ltd 2025-12-09
- Fucerep 2025-11-21 · Financial Services
- Greetings! Company Description: NICATEL 2025-01-13 · Business Services
- El Dorado Stores and Supermarkets 2024-11-14 · Business Services