Anonymous Claims Responsibility for Attack on the Caracas Stock Exchange
On August 15, 2024, the Caracas Stock Exchange reported that its website had been the target of cyberattacks that prevented it from functioning normally. The institution clarified that stock market operations were not affected. AnonymousVene10 also claimed responsibility for the attack, but this claim remains unconfirmed.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
The BVC confirmed that its website was the target of cyberattacks that disrupted normal operations on the portal, but clarified that stock market operations were not affected. No data breaches have been confirmed.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Availability
- Subtype
- Distributed denial of service
- Confidence
- High
The victim acknowledged cyberattacks against its website, and official sources and media outlets have identified it as part of the wave of attacks; there is no evidence of data compromise.
Severity assessment
Medium- Functional impact
- Degraded (non-critical)
- Information impact
- None
- Affected scope
- Organization-wide
- Critical service
- None
- Public confidence
- Moderate
- Recoverability
- Regular
Confirmed impact on the website of a major financial institution; the victim itself stated that market operations were not affected.
Timeline
Anonymous claimed responsibility for a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the Caracas Stock Exchange.
The site remained unavailable, and the BVC acknowledged the attack.