The MUD/Unidad Venezuela website is defaced ahead of the Constituent Assembly election
Between the night of July 28 and the morning of July 29–30, 2017, the Mesa de la Unidad Democrática’s website, unidadvenezuela.org, was reported to have been hacked. Sources describe political messages visible on the page, including an image of Donald Trump and slogans against an alleged coup; La Prensa Panama reported another visible message: “Democracy cannot be hacked. The Constituent Assembly is a fraud.” No reliable public attribution to The Binary Guardians was found.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
The public website of the Venezuela/MUD Unit was the target of a defacement attack prior to the Constituent Assembly elections. There is no public evidence to suggest a data breach or an internal security breach.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Information content security
- Subtype
- website defacement
- Confidence
- High
Public reports and digital rights timelines document the defacement of the Unidad Venezuela website; there is no evidence linking it to an internal breach.
Severity assessment
Low- Functional impact
- Minimal
- Information impact
- Integrity loss
- Affected scope
- Single system
- Critical service
- None
- Public confidence
- Limited
- Recoverability
- Regular
Public website defacement of a political coalition site; no data exposure or impact on critical services.
Timeline
RedesAyuda dates the hack of the MUD website to Friday, July 28, 2017.
Delsa Solorzano and Unidad Venezuela publicly announce that unidadvenezuela.org was hacked.
Media outlets describe political messages visible on the page and its subsequent temporary maintenance status.