GhostSec Claims Responsibility for Attack on the Presidential Press Office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
On August 18, 2024, the hacktivist group GhostSec—specifically through the individual known as W0nd3rGhost—carried out a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the official website of the Venezuelan Presidential Press Office. The attack was part of the broader #OpVenezuela campaign and rendered the government’s communication platform temporarily inaccessible to the public. While the incident caused a service disruption, there were no confirmed reports of data breaches or long-term damage to the agency’s digital infrastructure.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
Wond3rGhost/GhostSec allegedly carried out a DDoS attack against the Presidential Press Office. No independent outage report, victim statement, technical telemetry, data exposure, or lasting operational impact was found for this target/date.
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 specific impact on the target has not been independently confirmed; the evidence consists of a report of a DDoS attack on social media by an actor, but the broader context of the campaign is not sufficient to validate this row.
Timeline
GhostSec listed the Presidential Press Office of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela as an alleged victim.