GhostSec Claims Responsibility for Attack on the Ministry of Popular Power for Ecosocialism (MINEC)
In August 2024, GhostSec allegedly launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the Ministry of Popular Power for Ecosocialism (MINEC), a government organization operating in the public sector in Venezuela. It is unclear whether any data was leaked or whether there were any material losses resulting from the incident.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
Wond3rGhost/GhostSec allegedly carried out a DDoS attack against MINEC. No independent outage report, victim statement, technical telemetry, data breach, or lasting operational impact was found for this target/date.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Availability
- Subtype
- Distributed denial of service
- Confidence
- Low
The available evidence indicates that this was a DDoS attack orchestrated by an actor against the mentioned target. No statement from the victim, no independent report on the service disruption, and no technical telemetry data corresponding to this specific target and date have been found.
Severity assessment
Low- Information impact
- None
- Affected scope
- Organization-wide
- Critical service
- Potential
- Public confidence
- Limited
The specific impact on the target has not been independently confirmed; the evidence consists of a report of a DDoS attack on social media by an actor, but the broader context of the campaign is not sufficient to validate this row.
Timeline
GhostSec listed the Ministry of Popular Power for Ecosocialism (MINEC) as an alleged victim.