The Binary Guardians Affects the Movistar Venezuela Portal During the August 7, 2017, Campaign
On August 7, 2017, Runrun.es cited journalist Fran Monroy, who reported that Movistar was among the sites that went down during the campaign against .ve websites. No direct confirmation was found from the operator, nor was there a second independent journalistic source naming Movistar or an archived screenshot of the site; it is recorded as a partially verified disruption and not as a confirmed defacement.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
Movistar Venezuela was identified by Runrun.es as an inactive website during the campaign. The sources do not have direct evidence of defacement for this specific website.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Information content security
- Subtype
- website defacement or dns redirection
- Confidence
- Medium
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 are targeting Movistar Venezuela’s public portal as part of a defacement/redirect campaign against .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.