Desfiguración del portal del CNE atribuida a The Binary Guardians

What this source supports

• CNE aparece en la lista contemporánea de objetivos
• la cobertura describe el mensaje político mostrado por la campaña
• al menos 25 páginas fueron reportadas como afectadas

Evidence limits

Contemporaneous report, partly based on EFE; it supports CNE campaign inclusion and altered content but provides no technical method or electoral-system impact.

Relevance to this case

Independent media corroboration of the CNE public-portal event; embedded posts are separately scoped.

What this source supports

• el artículo describe la campaña general como desfiguración
• la lista parcial incluye www.cne.gob.ve
• más de 30 portales fueron reportados en la campaña

Evidence limits

Secondary technical/editorial account without a CNE-specific capture, observation, recovery time or method.

Relevance to this case

Preserves the exact CNE domain in a contemporary campaign list; not used as the strongest target-specific evidence.

What this source supports

• el portal del CNE mostró un llamado a uniformados
• un portavoz del CNE confirmó a BBC Mundo que la página fue hackeada
• el portal fue restablecido después del mediodía
• The Binary Guardians dijo a Reuters que la campaña comprendía unas 40 páginas

Evidence limits

Strong target-specific journalistic and victim-spokesperson evidence, but it does not establish the technical access method or impact beyond the public portal.

Relevance to this case

Strongest stored target-specific confirmation and same-day recovery source.

What this source supports

• Freedom House reports a Binary Guardians campaign affecting at least 40 government websites
• the report names CNE among affected institutions
• the report also describes a fraud message and CNE Twitter takeover belonging to the distinct 31 July event

Evidence limits

High-quality later synthesis but chronologically conflated for CNE: its fraud-message and Twitter-takeover details belong to the separate 31 July incident.

Relevance to this case

Retained only as broad campaign context, not target-specific proof for 7 August.

What this source supports

• Manuel Fernández afirmó que NIC.ve/DNS fue vulnerado desde el extranjero
• la fuente dice que el ataque del 7 de agosto volvió a involucrar al CNE y mostró el panfleto Operación David
• Fernández dijo que el evento NIC.ve ya había sido solventado
• Alba Ciudad atribuyó la campaña a The Binary Guardians

Evidence limits

Official CANTV allegation, not independent technical evidence. It does not publish indicators proving that the CNE host specifically was redirected through NIC.ve/DNS.

Relevance to this case

Preserves the official infrastructure explanation as attributed context and independently names the 7 August CNE event.

What this source supports

• el CNE fue reportado como hackeado nuevamente el 7 de agosto
• la página mostraba el panfleto Operación David y un video de Chaplin
• los tres estados incrustados nombran CNE y sus imágenes muestran el contenido alterado

Evidence limits

Contemporaneous screenshots and reports strongly corroborate visible public-page alteration but are not forensic evidence of the access method.

Relevance to this case

Bridge to three separately preserved target-specific social posts and their visible image artifacts.

What this source supports

• a Binary Guardians representative told Reuters the group hacked about 40 state websites
• Reuters names CNE among the hacked sites
• the CNE page displayed an Operation David flyer and a Chaplin video
• the representative said the group supported but was not part of Operation David

Evidence limits

Strong contemporaneous reporting and direct actor interview; actor claim is not forensic attribution and the article does not establish the technical method.

Relevance to this case

Strongest stored actor-claim and target-content attribution source.

What this source supports

• the post says the CNE page was hacked
• the attached image visibly shows www.cne.gob.ve with the Operation David flyer, Chaplin video and Binary Guardians contact

Evidence limits

Contemporaneous target-specific screenshot, but not an independently authenticated forensic capture and not proof of the access method.

Relevance to this case

Primary visual corroboration of the altered public CNE page.

What this source supports

• the post says the CNE page was hacked
• the attached image visibly shows the browser at www.cne.gob.ve displaying the Operation David and Chaplin content

Evidence limits

Independent contemporaneous screenshot report, but not a forensic capture and not proof of the technical access method.

Relevance to this case

Target-specific visual corroboration of the altered public CNE page.

What this source supports

• VPItv reports the CNE page hack and public attribution to The Binary Guardians
• the attached image visibly shows an altered page identifying www.cne.gob.ve

Evidence limits

Contemporaneous media post and screenshot; supports visible alteration and reported attribution, not forensic causation or method.

Relevance to this case

Target-specific social-media corroboration and preserved image artifact.