# Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile compromised by direwolf

Published: 2026-08-30 · Severity: elevated · Sectors: healthcare
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/ec8ed147-c832-5fd9-bfaf-851ce80f8bd6/hospital-cl-nico-universidad-de-chile-compromised-by-direwolf

> Direwolf ransomware operators claimed compromise of Chilean university hospital with 1633 user credentials exposed.

Ransomware.live has indexed a claim by direwolf ransomware operators that they have compromised Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. The incident involves exposure of 1633 user credentials and an external attack surface of 80 identified vulnerabilities or exposed services. The compromise suggests potential lateral movement capability and credential theft, typical precursors to ransomware deployment. Defenders at healthcare institutions should assume credential compromise for affected users and monitor for ransomware staging activity.

## Mentioned in this report

- Threat actors: Dire Wolf
- Malware: Direwolf

1 detection for this report is in the app: the rules that match its indicators, the Sigma rules already converted to Splunk SPL, to Elastic where their fields map onto Elastic's integrations and to Microsoft Defender XDR KQL wherever Defender records the activity, and the YARA and Suricata. A new account gets three days of them free.

Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/SG9zcGl0YWwgQ2xuaWNvIFVuaXZlcnNpZGFkIGRlIENoaWxlQGRpcmV3b2xm

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