"The Binary Guardians" reports that ANTV is among the government websites affected following the Constituent Assembly election
On July 31, 2017, PanAm Post listed ANTV among the Venezuelan government websites that were hacked or inaccessible in an incident attributed to The Binary Guardians. No archived screenshot, official confirmation, or second public source specifically naming antv.gob.ve was found; therefore, the incident is recorded as partially verified.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
ANTV was listed by PanAm Post/Espacio Público as affected during The Binary Guardians' activity. The evidence is based on a campaign list and does not confirm data exposure.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Information content security
- Subtype
- website defacement or dns redirection
- Confidence
- Medium
Public information links the target to the campaign to deface and redirect The Binary Guardians’ website. No source confirms a data breach or a compromise of the internal system in the case of this specific target.
Severity assessment
Low- Functional impact
- Minimal
- Information impact
- Integrity loss
- Affected scope
- Single system
- Critical service
- None
- Public confidence
- None
- Recoverability
- Regular
Website defacement/redirection or public portal outage in a public campaign; no confirmed data exposure, internal compromise, or prolonged service outage for the individual target.
Timeline
The Binary Guardians claim responsibility for an attack on government websites following the results of the Constituent Assembly election.
PanAm Post lists ANTV among the hacked or inaccessible websites, but no second public source specifying the domain can be found.