The Binary Guardians lists Bancaribe among the websites affected by the August 7, 2017, campaign
On August 7, 2017, El Pitazo included Bancaribe on its list of at least 25 websites that were victims of the attack by The Binary Guardians. No second public source naming Bancaribe, no archived screenshot, and no confirmation from the bank were found; this is recorded as a partially verified incident.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
Bancaribe was listed by El Pitazo among the websites affected by the campaign. The evidence is based on a single source or campaign list and does not confirm data exposure or an internal breach of the banking system.
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 in a public campaign; no confirmed data exposure, internal compromise, or prolonged service outage for the individual target.
Timeline
The Binary Guardians have compromised Bancaribe’s public portal as part of a defacement/redirect campaign targeting .ve domains.
The group spreads the message "Our struggle is digital" and expresses support for Operation David; sources at Reuters/IBTimes indicate that it was not part of the military operation.
Media outlets and technical sources publish lists of affected sites, with varying scopes: at least 25, more than 30, and about 40 websites.