Ransomware Group Threatens to Dump Paraguayan Citizens' Data

7.2 Million Individuals' Personal Data Being Held to Ransom by Threat Actor Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • June 13, 2025

A data-leak extortion group is shaking down the government of Paraguay for a ransom payment worth $7.4 million, or $1 for every one of the country's citizens.

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The group, calling itself Brigada Cyber PMC, claimed in a Sunday post to its dark web leak site that it stole personally identifiable information on citizens from three different Paraguay government systems, including data on 7.2 million citizens from the government system that stores civil information, including registered voters.

Cyber PMC Brigade demanded the ransom be paid by June 13 and threatened to otherwise leak all of the stolen civil registry as well as other data.

On Thursday, the ...