The Binary Guardians Affects the Farmatodo Portal During the August 7, 2017, Campaign
On August 7, 2017, Farmatodo was named by El Pitazo, Runrun.es, and IT Projects as one of the private websites affected or taken down during The Binary Guardians’ campaign. No direct confirmation from the company or evidence of data exfiltration was found.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
Farmatodo was identified by El Pitazo/IT Projects/Runrun.es as being affected by The Binary Guardians campaign. No data exposure or internal compromise was reported.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Information content security
- Subtype
- website defacement or dns redirection
- Confidence
- High
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 Farmatodo 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.