Institute of Social Security - Paraguay

Institute of Social Security - Paraguay was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to kairos in March 2026. The organization, operating in the Government sector in PY, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.

kairos operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.

The Instituto de Previsión Social or IPS is the institution responsible for managing the social security system in Paraguay. It was created by Decree-Law No. 17071 on February 18, 1943, during the government of Higinio Morínigo. Later, Decree-Law No.