Distributed denial of service

Anonymous Claims Responsibility for Attack on the National Center for Information Technology (CNTI)

MS BOTNET Cyberhunter claimed responsibility for a DDoS attack against cnti.gob.ve/CNTI. Check Point supports the #OpVenezuela campaign and its actors, but does not confirm this specific target; no outage or compromised data was confirmed.

Overview

Missing evidence

It is unclear whether data was leaked or whether there were any material losses. The exact duration of the downtime is unknown.

Impact details

Report of a DDoS attack or service disruption by a single actor. No independent verification of the specific disruption to the target, data exposure, operational damage, or duration has been found.

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Classification & severity

Category
Availability
Subtype
Distributed denial of service
Confidence
Low

The evidence specific to the target is based on claims made by an actor; available external sources refer to the context of the campaign and do not independently validate this service disruption.

Severity assessment

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

Specific to the target and the perpetrator; severity is determined primarily by the sensitivity of the public or government target, rather than by the confirmed impact.

Timeline

Claim

Anonymous listed the National Center for Information Technology (CNTI) as an alleged victim.

Evidence & sources

2 sources