Cyber Diplomacy in Latin America - A Handbook for the Practice of Cyber Diplomacy

In recent years, Latin America has been spotlighted as a region permeated by cyber threats such as ransomware. This is not without reason: the Conti ransomware group104 attack against the transitioning Costa Rican government in 2022 has arguably raised the profile of the region as a hotbed for ransomware-as-a-service operations105106. While considerable attention has been paid to this incident, many other countries in the region have been suffering from the crippling effects of these threat actors but have remained less visible in international discussions on cyber diplomacy.