N33 takes over journalist Luis Carlos Diaz’s Twitter account
In 2011–2012, CPJ and Americas Quarterly identified Luis Carlos Diaz as one of the victims of account hijackings or digital attacks attributed to N33. The exact date of the account takeover was not publicly disclosed, and the date of N33’s statement is used as a reference.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
Luis Carlos Díaz told CPJ that N33 had hacked his Twitter account on several occasions over the past year. Specific technical details provided by the victim are limited. No specific public source from the victim confirms that any of his private material was 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.