The Binary Guardians compromised the website of the Vice Ministry for Africa during the campaign on August 7, 2017
On August 7, 2017, El Pitazo listed the Vice Ministry for Africa among the websites targeted in the attack, and IT Projects retained the domain viceministerioparaafrica.gob.ve. No direct confirmation from the MPPRE or publicly archived screenshot was found, so this is recorded as partially verified.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
The Viceministerio para Africa portal was included in the campaign by El Pitazo/IT Projects, without direct confirmation from the victim or any data exposure.
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 have compromised the public portal of the Vice Ministry for Africa (MPPRE) 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.