The Binary Guardians affects the Venezuelan Social Security Institute (IVSS) portal
On August 7, 2017, sources from EFE/El Pitazo named the Social Security Administration (IVSS) as one of the sites affected by The Binary Guardians. IT Projects still lists the domain IVSS.GOB.VE on its partial list. No direct confirmation from the IVSS or evidence of data exfiltration was found.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
IVSS/ivss.gob.ve was identified by EFE/El Pitazo/IT Projects as being affected by The Binary Guardians campaign. No data exposure or internal system compromise was reported.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Information content security
- Subtype
- website defacement or dns redirection
- Confidence
- High
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
Medium- Functional impact
- Degraded (non-critical)
- Information impact
- Integrity loss
- Affected scope
- Single system
- Critical service
- Potential
- Public confidence
- Limited
- 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 the Venezuelan Social Security Institute (IVSS) 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.