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Distributed denial of service

Anonymous claims responsibility for attack on the Ministry of Petroleum (MINPET)

AnonGTReloaded/Anonymous Guatemala claimed responsibility for an attack on the Ministry of Popular Power for Petroleum (minpet.gob.ve) on August 13, 2024. Available coverage of #OpVenezuela does not independently confirm this specific target, the unavailability of the website, or any impact on oil operations.

Overview

Missing evidence

No official statement from the victim, notification from regulatory authorities or the CERT, or independent forensic confirmation has been found.The public evidence supports the existence of a claim or complaint, but 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 media outlet or official source specifically mentions MINPET (minpet.gob.ve); PDVSA is mentioned, but it is an independent entity.A service disconnection report with the victim’s name would be needed from minpet.gob.ve to confirm that this is indeed the victim in question.There is no reliable primary source, official confirmation, or independent report that mentions the specific incident.

Impact details

The attack on MINPET/minpet.gob.ve remains a claim made by the actor. No official confirmation, outage metrics, compromised data, or impact on oil operations were found.

public website

Classification & severity

Category
Availability
Subtype
Distributed denial of service
Confidence
Low

The only target-specific evidence is a claim by an actor; the contextual sources do not mention MINPET or validate the impact.

Severity assessment

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

Sensitive energy target, but the target-specific evidence amounts to nothing more than a claim by a party and does not prove disruption or damage.

Timeline

Claim

Anonymous listed the Ministry of Popular Power for Petroleum (MINPET) as an alleged victim.

Evidence & sources

2 sources

AnonGTReloaded X post referring to the Ministry of Petroleum

x.com Aug 13, 2024
Primary Threat actor claim

Anonymous and CyberHunters Unleash the World's Largest 'Botnet' to Attack the Venezuelan Government

publimetro.com.mx Aug 10, 2024
Corroborating Media report