Guacamaya Leaks ~133 GB of Emails from Venezuelan Oil Company Oryx Resources as Part of 'ExtractivistLeaks'
As part of the “ExtractivistLeaks” release (~2 TB in total, published via Enlace Hacktivista and Distributed Denial of Secrets on August 3, 2022), the hacktivist collective Guacamaya leaked approximately 133 GB of emails (more than 170,000 messages) from Oryx Resources, a Venezuelan oil company linked to sanctioned businessman Samark López. The communications documented an undisclosed oil spill of about 175,000 liters that occurred in April 2022. Oryx was the only Venezuelan entity included in the leak.
Impact details
170,000 Exposed records
Guacamaya/DDoSecrets has released approximately 133 GB of hacked emails from Oryx Resources. DDoSecrets and CyberScoop have verified the dataset, which includes emails dated as recently as May 3, 2022, and references to an unreported oil spill.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Information content security
- Subtype
- Leak of confidential information
- Confidence
- High
Severity assessment
High- Functional impact
- None
- Information impact
- Proprietary data
- Affected scope
- Organization-wide
- Critical service
- None
- Public confidence
- Moderate
- Recoverability
- Not recoverable
A large-scale leak of corporate emails from a private oil company has been confirmed; there is no public evidence of service disruption.
Timeline
According to the leaked emails, an undisclosed oil spill of approximately 175,000 liters occurred in connection with Oryx Resources.
Guacamaya released "ExtractivistLeaks" (~2 TB) via Enlace Hacktivista and Distributed Denial of Secrets, including ~133 GB / more than 170,000 emails from Oryx Resources, the only Venezuelan entity included in the data dump.