N33 takes over journalist Ibeyise Pacheco’s Twitter account
In 2011, the pro-government group N33 was reported to be among those responsible for hijacking Twitter accounts belonging to Venezuelan journalists and opposition figures. CPJ and Americas Quarterly list Ibeyise Pacheco among the victims. The individual record retains the victim’s name; the exact date the account was taken over was not publicly established, and the date of the N33 statement is used as the reference date.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
Ibeyise Pacheco was identified by the CPJ/Knight Center as the victim of account hijacking No. 33. Specific technical details regarding the victim are not public. No specific public source from the victim confirms that private material related to this particular case has been copied or published.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Intrusions
- Subtype
- social media account takeover
- Confidence
- High
The CPJ directly identifies the victim and documents the broader campaign of N33 account impersonation targeting Venezuelan journalists and opposition figures.
Severity assessment
Medium- Functional impact
- Degraded (non-critical)
- Information impact
- Suspected
- Affected scope
- Single user
- Critical service
- None
- Public confidence
- Limited
- Recoverability
- Regular
A victim has been identified in the N33 account takeover campaign; the risk of loss of account control and exposure of private messages has been confirmed, but specific technical details regarding the victim are limited.
Timeline
No structured timeline events are available for this incident.