Anonymous Report of a DDoS Attack Against Corporación Digitel C.A. (August 2024)
In August 2024, Anonymous allegedly launched a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against Corporación Digitel C.A., a private telecommunications company operating in the communications services 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
White_Hunters/Anonymous have claimed responsibility for a DDoS attack against Digitel. Check Point confirms the broader #OpVenezuela DDoS campaign but does not list Digitel as a confirmed target as of today. No independent reports of service disruption, victim statements, or telemetry data have been found.
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 impact of DDoS attacks targeting specific targets has not been independently confirmed; evidence is limited to an author’s claim or a weak reproduction, in addition to the general context of the campaign.
Timeline
Anonymous listed Corporacion Digitel C.A. as an alleged victim.