Cybersecurity in Latin America

Christopher Painter speaks to the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism, 7 March 2012

Hackers took down at least 10 Nicaraguan government websites to protest Ortega’s support of Gaddafi in Libya.

Colombians are avoiding internet banking at the rates of other Latin American countries and fear of cybercrime appears to be a key reason.

An editorial in Colombia’s leading newspaper calls for the passage of a new legal framework to combat cybercrime and hacking.

Ecuador’s minister of telecommunications says his government is working with South Korea to identify those who threatened to hack government websites. They  said if/when they found the hackers, they would go after them with the full force of the law.

Customers of Brazilian airline companies are being targeted by a flood of phishing messages whose goal is to steal customer’s accounts and their miles in the frequent flyer programs maintained by local airlines. The miles stolen from customers are becoming a new kind of currency among Brazilian cybercriminals and phishers, who can use them to issue tickets for themselves, sell tickets to other criminals or use them in barter schemes.

Over 200 websites attacked on 31 July 2011