Excluded / contextual

Outside the main registry and its statistics

Multi-incident summary

Summary of two airports: Porlamar and Maiquetía. Preserved outside the count; Maiquetía's allegation and response are not transferred to Porlamar, nor do its detentions prove the other case. Derived records: porlamar-flight-screen-claim-2021-07-06, maiquetia-flight-screen-claim-2021-07-06.

Unauthorised modification of information Estimated start: Date confidence: Medium

Presunta alteración de pantallas de vuelos en Porlamar y Maiquetía

La presunta alteración de pantallas de información de vuelos en los aeropuertos Santiago Mariño de Porlamar y Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía, reportada el 6 de julio de 2021, incluyó mensajes como «Maduro dictador» y «DEA». Últimas Noticias informó, citando fuentes judiciales, la detención de Humberto Félix Aviso Salazar y una orden contra Gerardo José Gil Dam por el caso de Porlamar; reportes de diciembre documentaron la liberación de tres acusados. La cuenta @ThePinguinHDP/TeamHDP publicó una reivindicación según varias notas contemporáneas, pero sus tarjetas exactas ya no están disponibles y la atribución técnica no fue demostrada. El Observatorio Venezolano de Fake News dijo haber confirmado el caso de Maiquetía con personal de seguridad; IAIM lo negó en dos publicaciones oficiales visibles, afirmó que la imagen viral no correspondía a su sistema y mostró pantallas SINIV operativas. No se publicaron registros, método de acceso, impacto sobre vuelos, exfiltración ni una resolución técnica de esa contradicción.

Overview

Missing evidence

registros de los sistemas de pantallas o de redmétodo y vector de accesocopia visible o archivo autenticado de las publicaciones originales del reclamanteautenticación independiente de la ubicación y momento de la imagen alteradaresolución técnica de la contradicción entre ObservatorioFN e IAIMexpediente judicial y resultado final respecto de las personas acusadasimpacto comprobado sobre vuelos u operaciones

Impact details

Se reportó la exhibición temporal de mensajes políticos en pantallas de información de vuelos. IAIM negó que la imagen viral correspondiera a su sistema de Maiquetía y mostró pantallas operativas; no se documentaron cambios de itinerarios reales, interrupción de vuelos, exfiltración, pérdida financiera ni otro impacto operativo.

pantallas o sistema de información de vuelos de Santiago Mariño de Porlamar (alteración reportada)pantallas de información de vuelos de Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía (reporte disputado por IAIM)

Classification & severity

Category
Information content security
Subtype
Unauthorised modification of information
Confidence
Medium

Fuentes contemporáneas, una imagen repetida y el reporte judicial de Porlamar sostienen una alteración reportada de contenido. IAIM negó que la imagen viral perteneciera a su sistema de Maiquetía; no existen registros técnicos ni autenticación independiente de la ubicación.

Severity assessment

Low
Functional impact
Minimal
Information impact
Integrity loss
Affected scope
Multiple systems
Critical service
None
Public confidence
Limited
Recoverability
Regular

La evidencia describe una alteración temporal y pública de contenido, sin cambio de vuelos ni interrupción operacional demostrados. La parte de Maiquetía está oficialmente disputada y el alcance técnico permanece desconocido.

Integrity

Timeline

Compromise

Se reportó que pantallas de información de vuelos de Porlamar y Maiquetía mostraron «Maduro dictador» y «DEA». El caso de Maiquetía quedó expresamente disputado por IAIM; no se publicaron registros técnicos.

Claim

Según La Nación, El Nacional y El Diario, @ThePinguinHDP/TeamHDP reivindicó la alteración. Las tarjetas exactas del reclamante actualmente muestran «Not found» y la autoría técnica no fue verificada.

Disclosure

El Observatorio Venezolano de Fake News publicó que la pantalla de Maiquetía había sido alterada y dijo haberlo verificado con organismos de seguridad del aeropuerto; adjuntó la imagen y un mensaje reenviado.

Disclosure

IAIM negó que sus pantallas estuvieran hackeadas, afirmó que la imagen viral no correspondía a su sistema de información de vuelos y publicó fotografías de pantallas SINIV operativas a última hora del 7 de julio.

Update

Últimas Noticias informó, citando fuentes judiciales, la detención de Humberto Félix Aviso Salazar por presunta participación en el caso de Porlamar y una orden de aprehensión contra Gerardo José Gil Dam.

Update

Efecto Cocuyo informó la liberación de Humberto Aviño, César Boada y Auremys Graterol; señaló libertad plena para Boada y Graterol y régimen de presentación para Aviño.

Evidence & sources

11 sources
Corroborating Media report Source confidence: Medium

What this source supports

  • Reports screen alterations at Porlamar and Maiquetía on 6 July 2021
  • reports the detention of Humberto Félix Aviso Salazar and an arrest order for Gerardo José Gil Dam from the Últimas Noticias judicial-source account
  • reproduces the still-visible Observatorio claim and an unavailable TeamHDP post denying ties to detainees
  • its Es verdadero conclusion is reporting-level corroboration and not technical validation

Evidence limits

The article aggregates the Observatorio report, forwarded messages, actor claims and a judicial-source report. It publishes no logs or independently authenticated image provenance, and IAIM disputed the Maiquetía image.

Relevance to this case

Broadest contemporaneous synthesis across both airports and the judicial follow-up; retained at medium confidence with the official contradiction.

Preso por hackear aeropuerto

Últimas Noticias Jul 8, 2021
Impact Media report Source confidence: Medium

What this source supports

  • Reports from judicial-system sources that SEBIN detained Humberto Félix Aviso Salazar for alleged participation in the Porlamar screen alteration
  • reports that an arrest order existed for Gerardo José Gil Dam
  • describes Maiquetía only as a similar alleged event

Evidence limits

The report cites unnamed judicial-system sources and a warrant, not a published court record or forensic analysis. Arrest and accusation do not establish guilt or TeamHDP identity.

Relevance to this case

Strongest contemporaneous source for the reported Porlamar judicial action; not technical confirmation.

Corroborating Social media Source confidence: Medium

What this source supports

  • The Observatorio account reported that a Maiquetía flight-information screen displayed Maduro-Dictador and DEA
  • the account said it verified the incident with airport security bodies

Evidence limits

The account does not identify the personnel it consulted, authenticate the image location or publish logs. IAIM denied that the circulating image belonged to its flight-information system.

Relevance to this case

Contemporaneous organizational corroboration whose exact card and media remain visible; preserved with the direct official contradiction.

Primary Social media Source confidence: High

What this source supports

  • IAIM officially denied that its terminal flight screens were hacked
  • IAIM stated that the circulating image did not correspond to its flight-information system
  • the attached photos show the alleged image marked false and functioning SINIV displays late on 7 July

Evidence limits

Authoritative for IAIM position and the contemporaneous appearance of photographed SINIV displays, but not by itself proof that no other screen was altered earlier.

Relevance to this case

Mandatory primary contradiction to the reporting and alleged Maiquetía image.

Las pantallas de información de vuelos se encuentran totalmente operativas

Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía (@IAIM_VE) Jul 8, 2021
Primary Social media Source confidence: High

What this source supports

  • IAIM stated that Maiquetía flight-information screens were fully operational and providing real-time information
  • the four attachments visibly show functioning SINIV displays late on 7 July

Evidence limits

The photographs establish the state of those screens around 23:13-23:25 on 7 July, not continuous operation throughout 6-7 July.

Relevance to this case

Primary evidence for IAIM operational-status claim and scope of the official denial.

Primary Social media Source confidence: Low

What this source supports

  • Contemporaneous articles preserve that @ThePinguinHDP publicly claimed the displayed content
  • the exact post is no longer visibly available and cannot authenticate the account, complete card or original attachment

Evidence limits

The exact claimant card and original media are unavailable. The surviving record proves only that multiple contemporaneous publishers reported a claim, not that TeamHDP caused the event.

Relevance to this case

Exact provenance for the claimed-actor relationship, retained at low confidence and never treated as technical attribution.

Corroborating Media report Source confidence: Medium

What this source supports

  • Documents the direct conflict between the Observatorio report and IAIM official denial
  • quotes the exact visible IAIM denial and Observatorio cards
  • reports the Porlamar detention as a separate similar event

Evidence limits

Accurately preserves both positions but supplies no technical resolution of the contradiction.

Relevance to this case

Best accessible source framing the disputed Maiquetía portion.

Corroborating Media report Source confidence: Medium

What this source supports

  • Reports that a Maiquetía flight-information display showed Maduro dictador and that people present noticed the unusual content
  • reproduces the exact then-public TeamHDP claim URL and the still-visible Observatorio Venezolano de Fake News status
  • quotes an unproduced internal message describing sabotage through the airport Internet network
  • does not independently establish the image location, technical access, operator identity or operational impact

Evidence limits

Contemporaneous professional reporting, but it depends on eyewitness/social reports and the Observatorio account. IAIM later denied that the viral image came from its flight-information system.

Relevance to this case

Useful corroboration for the public report and provenance of the claimant and Observatorio posts, not forensic proof.

Corroborating Media report Source confidence: Medium

What this source supports

  • Reports that the Maiquetía screens showed Maduro dictador for minutes and that a similar situation was reported in Porlamar
  • quotes the Observatorio account of an internal sabotage message
  • does not expose an original X card, forensic evidence, independently authenticated incident image or operational impact

Evidence limits

Syndicated secondary coverage relying on the same El Nacional/Observatorio chain and omitting the later IAIM denial.

Relevance to this case

Independent publisher but not an independent technical source; useful only as reporting-level corroboration.

Impact Media report Source confidence: Medium

What this source supports

  • Reports that SEBIN detained Humberto Félix Aviso Salazar over the alleged intervention of flight-information screens at Santiago Mariño airport in Porlamar
  • reports an arrest order for Gerardo José Gil Dam
  • does not support the prior record wording about airport security controls, technical attribution or guilt

Evidence limits

Secondary report based on judicial-source reporting. It does not prove that the detainee caused the alteration; later reports say three accused people were released.

Relevance to this case

Target-specific Porlamar judicial follow-up, retained with explicit presumption-of-innocence and later-release context.

Impact Media report Source confidence: Medium

What this source supports

  • Reports the release of Humberto Aviño, César Boada and Auremys Graterol after accusations in the Porlamar screen case
  • reports full release for Boada and Graterol and a reporting condition for Aviño
  • does not resolve the identity of the remote claimant or provide technical evidence

Evidence limits

Secondary judicial follow-up. The article uses innocence language, while the directly described disposition is release with differing conditions; no judgment is reproduced.

Relevance to this case

Necessary correction to the original record emphasis on arrests and alleged complicity.