Distributed denial of service

Anonymous Claims Responsibility for Attack on Globovisión Tele C.A.

In August 2024, the hacktivist group Anonymous—specifically the faction known as Anonymous Venezuela—launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the Venezuelan television network Globovisión. The attack was part of the broader #OpFreeVenezuela campaign following the 2024 presidential election and resulted in the network’s website becoming inaccessible, displaying a “500 Internal Server Error.” Although the attack caused a temporary disruption to digital service, there is no evidence that a data breach occurred or that confidential information was leaked.

Overview

Missing evidence

No official statement from the victim, notice from the regulator or CERT, or independent forensic confirmation was found.The public evidence supports the existence of a claim or report, not that the incident actually occurred as alleged.No verifiable public source was found for this incident.No reliable public evidence confirming the specific incident was found during the review on June 17, 2026.No independent report or official statement mentions Globovisión as a confirmed target of a DDoS attack.Confirmation would require a media report or an announcement from Globovisión linking an outage of the site to Anonymous’s claim on August 25, 2024.There is no reliable primary source, official confirmation, or independent report that mentions the specific incident.

Impact details

AnonymousVene10 claimed responsibility for a DDoS attack against Globovision. No independent outage report, victim statement, technical telemetry, data exposure, or lasting operational impact was found for this specific target/date.

Classification & severity

Category
Availability
Subtype
Distributed denial of service
Confidence
Medium

Severity assessment

Low
Information impact
None
Affected scope
Organization-wide
Critical service
Potential
Public confidence
Limited

Only one report of a DDoS attack against Globovisión has been found on social media; no specific outage or impact on service has been independently confirmed.

Timeline

Claim

Anonymous cites Globovisión Tele C.A. as an alleged victim.

Evidence & sources

1 source