The Dominican Republic’s Instituto Agrario Dominicano has suffered a Quantum ransomware attack that encrypted multiple services and workstations throughout the government agency.
The Instituto Agrario Dominicano (IAD) is part of the Ministry of Agriculture and is responsible for executing Agrarian Reform programs in the country.
Local media reports that the ransomware attack occurred on August 18th, which has impacted the agency’s operation.
The National Cybersecurity Center (CNCS), which has been assisting the agency recover from the attack, says that the IP addresses of the attackers were from the U.S. and Russia.
BleepingComputer learned of the attack today from VenezuelaBTH, who said the agency was unlikely to pay a ransom as they cannot afford to do so.
The Quantum ransomware operation was behind the attack, which initially demanded a $650,000 ransom from the agency. The threat actors claimed to have stolen over 1TB of data and threatened to release it if IAD did not pay a ransom publicly.
