Importadora Andina S.A.C. – agricultural machinery distributor with 35 employees.
This case represents an illustrative situation based on real experiences of Peruvian SMEs that have faced similar cybersecurity incidents. Names and amounts have been changed for illustrative purposes.
Six months ago, the general manager of Importadora Andina noticed that their electronic invoices were starting to fail. At first, he thought it was a minor technical problem… until a customer sent him an alarmed email: “Why am I being charged twice?”
A quick investigation revealed that an attacker had compromised a workstation in the accounting department and was redirecting payments to fake accounts.
Fortunately, the company had requested a Fast Security Check with our team the week before. In just 72 hours, we identified:
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- A weak password for Outlook access
- Lack of multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- An undetected phishing email
We recommend and implement immediate measures: blocking suspicious IP addresses, enabling MFA, and retraining the team.
Result:
- A second fraudulent transfer (for S/ 450,000) was prevented.
- The response process cost less than 5% of what a full breach would have cost.
- Today, the company has a scalable cybersecurity plan.
“We thought ‘that’ only happened to banks. Now we understand that prevention is an investment, not an expense.”
— General Manager, Importadora Andina
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