service disruption claim
Anonymous Claims Responsibility for DDoS Attack Against the Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC)
CyberHunters/Anonymous claimed responsibility for attacks against cicpc.gob.ve, and media outlets listed the CICPC among the government sites that went down. There is no evidence of data exfiltration associated with this outage.
Overview
Missing evidence
It is unclear whether any data was extracted or whether the attack was strictly a DDoS attack.The exact duration of the downtime is not specified.
Impact details
An impact on the availability of a website or public portal has been reported or alleged; no data exposure has been confirmed.
website or public portal
Classification & severity
- Category
- Availability
- Subtype
- service disruption claim
- Confidence
- Medium
Public sources confirm the impact on availability; no data breach has been confirmed.
Severity assessment
Medium- Functional impact
- Degraded (non-critical)
- Information impact
- None
- Affected scope
- Organization-wide
- Critical service
- Potential
- Public confidence
- Limited
This only affects availability; no data breach has been confirmed.
Service disrupted Availability
Timeline
Claim
Anonymous listed the Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC) as an alleged victim.
Evidence & sources
4 sourcesCyberHunters and Anonymous Take Down More Websites in Venezuela as Part of CyberHuntersOp – Publimetro Mexico
Publimetro México Aug 2, 2024
Corroborating Media report
Anonymous Hackers Claim Responsibility for Taking Down at Least 325 Government Websites | Hexa Legal
hexa-legal.com Aug 2, 2024
Corroborating Media report
The Role of Hacktivism in Political Conflict: The Renewed #OpVenezuela Campaign - Check Point Blog
blog.checkpoint.com Aug 13, 2024
Corroborating Media report
Anonymous and Cyber Hunters Hack at Least 325 of Maduro’s Government Websites | El Estímulo
El Estímulo Aug 2, 2024
Corroborating Media report