The Binary Guardians Affects Digitel's Portal During the August 7, 2017, Campaign
On August 7, 2017, Runrun.es cited journalist Fran Monroy, who reported that Digitel was among the .ve sites that went down during the campaign. IBTimes, citing Deutsche Welle, also reported that the telecommunications provider Digitel was targeted by cyberattacks. No direct confirmation from the company or archived screenshot of the site was found; therefore, this is recorded as partially verified and described as an impact on the public portal, not as a data breach.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
Digitel was identified by Runrun.es/IBTimes as having been affected by or targeted in the “The Binary Guardians” campaign, but the sources do not provide direct evidence of the specific status of the website.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Information content security
- Subtype
- website defacement or dns redirection
- Confidence
- Medium
Public Cobertura links the target to “The Binary Guardians” campaign involving website defacement and redirects. No source confirms data theft or internal system compromise 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 has compromised the public portal of Corporacion Digitel C.A. 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.