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Primarily a target — 1685 received· 119 initiated· 121 responses ·35 countries

Across the full record, 1732 cyber operations involving Americas were added to the database. The all-time mean Intensity of cyber operations involving Americas is 3.0.

Maintained by EuRepoC research analysts · updated 05 Oct 2026

1685received initiated119

For all time, this region appears chiefly as a target — 1685 incidents directed at it, 119 it is linked to initiating.

Source: EuRepoC Global Database as of 05 Oct 2026.

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Cyber activity

119 incidents · as actor

As target 1685 As actor 119

Operations EuRepoC links to actors based in Americas, and the international responses they drew.

Cyber incident intensity

Mean2.6/15Moderate

Range 1.0–9.0

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118 coded incidents · All time

Database additions by yearincidents linked to Americas

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Most-targeted sectorswhat its operations hit

SectorIncidentsIntensityResponded

Government / ministries 22 2.4Moderate 3/22 Corporate Targets 15 3.3Moderate 3/15 Civil service / administration 13 2.9Moderate 3/13 Military 13 2.2Moderate 1/13 Telecommunications 10 2.1Moderate 1/10 Intelligence agencies 8 2.5Moderate 1/8 End user(s) / specially protected groups 8 3.4Moderate 2/8 State institutions / political system 8 1.8Moderate 0/8

Its operations concentrate on Government / ministries — 22 of 119 incidents.

By targetwho its operations hit

United States 28incidents avg 2.3 · Moderate China 18incidents avg 2.6 · Moderate Russia 13incidents avg 3.2 · Moderate Mexico 13incidents avg 2.8 · Moderate Venezuela 12incidents avg 1.8 · Moderate Peru 11incidents avg 1.9 · Moderate Iran 9incidents avg 2.8 · Moderate France 8incidents avg 3.0 · Moderate

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Operations initiated & responses drawn

OpenAI (AI agent acting autonomously during internal testing) France ·Corporate Targets An AI Agent of American AI Company OpenAI Breached French AI Company Hugging Face on 16 July 2026 16 Jul 2026

Incident · Moderate severity 16 Jul 2026

OpenAI (AI agent acting autonomously during internal testing) France ·Corporate Targets

An AI Agent of American AI Company OpenAI Breached French AI Company Hugging Face on 16 July 2026

OpenAI (AI agent acting autonomously, circumventing access blocks) Australia ·Government / ministries An AI Agent of American AI Company OpenAI Breached Medicare Statistics Reporting Service in Australia in June 2026 1 Jun 2026

Incident · Moderate severity 1 Jun 2026

OpenAI (AI agent acting autonomously, circumventing access blocks) Australia ·Government / ministries

An AI Agent of American AI Company OpenAI Breached Medicare Statistics Reporting Service in Australia in June 2026

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Russia ·Criminal US Law Enforcement Seized RAMP Cybercrime Forum In United States On 28 January 2026 28 Jan 2026

Incident · Low severity 28 Jan 2026

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Russia ·Criminal

US Law Enforcement Seized RAMP Cybercrime Forum In United States On 28 January 2026

USFederal Bureau of Investigation RAMP US Federal Bureau of Investigation Seized RAMP Cybercrime Forum Used by Ransomware Gangs on or Around 28 January 2026 Operational action 28 Jan 2026

Operational action 28 Jan 2026

USFederal Bureau of Investigation RAMP

US Federal Bureau of Investigation Seized RAMP Cybercrime Forum Used by Ransomware Gangs on or Around 28 January 2026

(United States) Venezuela ·Energy Unknown Threat Actors Disrupted Venezuelan State-Owned Oil Company PDVSA On 15 December 2025 15 Dec 2025

Incident · Low severity 15 Dec 2025

(United States) Venezuela ·Energy

Unknown Threat Actors Disrupted Venezuelan State-Owned Oil Company PDVSA On 15 December 2025

Chronus Hacking Group Mexico ·Civil service / administration +1 Chronus Hacking Group Breached Multiple Mexican Government Institutions in Coordinated Data Theft and Defacement Campaign In December 2025 1 Dec 2025

Incident · Moderate severity 1 Dec 2025

Chronus Hacking Group Mexico ·Civil service / administration +1

Chronus Hacking Group Breached Multiple Mexican Government Institutions in Coordinated Data Theft and Defacement Campaign In December 2025

Deface Peru Peru ·Media Deface Peru Cyberactivist Group targeted El Peruano Newspaper In Peru On 28 September 2025 28 Sep 2025

Incident · Low severity 28 Sep 2025

Deface Peru Peru ·Media

Deface Peru Cyberactivist Group targeted El Peruano Newspaper In Peru On 28 September 2025

Deface Peru Peru ·Intelligence agencies +1 Deface Perú Breached National Police in Peru on or before 4 September 2025 4 Sep 2025

Incident · Low severity 4 Sep 2025

Deface Peru Peru ·Intelligence agencies +1

Deface Perú Breached National Police in Peru on or before 4 September 2025

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