Cartoonist Rayma Suprani’s website hacked after she published a cartoon about the Óscar Pérez case
On January 27, 2018, Venezuelan cartoonist Rayma Suprani reported via Twitter that her website had been hacked, stating, “Our website was hacked; I think they didn’t like today’s cartoon. We’re working to get it back online.” She attributed the attack to a cartoon she published that same day depicting the villa in El Junquito where Óscar Pérez, a former CICPC official, died on January 15 along with several colleagues during a military operation; in the illustration, the villa was depicted with a red flag bearing the image of President Nicolás Maduro and the slogan “vote.” The incident was reported by Venezuelan media outlets (TalCual and Maduradas). The perpetrator of the attack was not publicly identified, nor was any technical impact documented beyond the temporary takedown of the site.
Impact details
Rayma Suprani reported that her website was hacked and taken offline after a cartoon about Oscar Perez. Public reports do not indicate any data exfiltration.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Availability
- Subtype
- website outage or take down
- Confidence
- Medium
Media reports that Rayma Suprani's website was hacked or went down after a political cartoon was published; no data breach has been reported.
Severity assessment
Low- Functional impact
- Denial (non-critical)
- Information impact
- None
- Affected scope
- Organization-wide
- Critical service
- None
- Public confidence
- Limited
- Recoverability
- Regular
Incident involving media/civil society website availability or content integrity; no confirmed data exposure or critical service interruption.
Timeline
Cartoonist Rayma Suprani’s website is hacked and goes offline, allegedly in retaliation for her cartoon of the day about the Óscar Pérez case.
Rayma Suprani publicly reports the hack on Twitter and attributes it to backlash over her cartoon depicting Maduro at the El Junquito villa.
Venezuelan media outlets (TalCual, Maduradas) publish articles about the hacking of Rayma's website.