Haiti's Central Bank Warns of Expanding Cyberattacks on Financial System

The Banque de la République d'Haïti (BRH) has issued a warning about the growing threat of cyberattacks targeting the country's financial system, according to a notice dated October 19, 2026, reported by Le Nouvelliste. In the advisory, the central bank's governor said it is seeking to draw the attention of financial system clients and the general public to a phenomenon that has taken on "unprecedented scale" both regionally and globally over the past five years. The BRH stated it is taking measures to preserve the stability of the financial system and emphasized that it will not authorize any negotiation with hackers, according to the notice. The advisory follows other recent BRH communications, including a monthly note on declining inflation and joint advocacy with the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) for Haiti's economic recovery at the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Le Nouvelliste reported. Full details of the central bank's specific protective measures were not immediately available in the published excerpt. The BRH urged clients and the public to remain vigilant amid the heightened risk environment.