Distributed denial of service
PROVEA Suffers a DDoS Attack Attempt and Is Offline for About 30 Minutes
On March 9, 2017, PROVEA reported an attack on its web platform that took it offline for about 30 minutes. Subsequent reports by the IACHR/OAS classify it as a DDoS attack, while contemporary sources cautiously describe it as an attempted cyberattack.
Overview
Missing evidence
confirmed actorForensic confirmation of the source of the traffic
Impact details
PROVEA reported a DDoS cyberattack that took its public website offline for at least 30 minutes. No data breach was reported.
public websitehuman-rights-organizations-portal
Classification & severity
- Category
- Availability
- Subtype
- Distributed denial of service
- Confidence
- High
PROVEA reports that its own website was down for at least 30 minutes due to the same pattern of attacks targeting media outlets and NGOs.
Severity assessment
Low- Functional impact
- Minimal
- Information impact
- None
- Affected scope
- Single system
- Critical service
- None
- Public confidence
- Limited
- Recoverability
- Regular
A brief public website outage lasting about 30 minutes; no data exposure or impact on critical services.
Service disrupted· 1h Availability
Timeline
Discovery
PROVEA suffers a DDoS attack attempt and goes offline for about 30 minutes