The Binary Guardians Affects the Movilnet Portal During the August 7, 2017, Web Campaign
On August 7, 2017, Movilnet was listed by El Pitazo, IT Projects, and Runrun.es among the websites affected or taken down during The Binary Guardians’ campaign. This record documents the impact on the movilnet.com.ve website and is separate from the subsequent GSM/fiber outage that left millions of users without mobile service.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
Movilnet/movilnet.com.ve was listed as affected in the August 7 website campaign. This is separate from the subsequent GSM/fiber service outage; no data exposure or internal compromise was reported for the web portal.
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
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 Telecomunicaciones Movilnet, 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.