Claim of an attack against Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Police (PNB) (perpetrator unconfirmed)
On January 25, 2025, an unauthorized access incident was reported involving the systems of Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Police (PNB) (perpetrator unconfirmed). The breach involved the compromise of institutional email accounts and the subsequent leak of credentials from a webmail portal. In addition, it was reported that a compressed file named “policianacionalbolivariana.rar” was distributed, containing internal documents and confidential email communications, which could expose personal information such as staff members’ names and email addresses.
Overview
Missing evidence
Impact details
A single social media source claims an attack against the Bolivarian National Police (CPNB). No victim statement, dataset validation, details of filtered fields, technical evidence of compromise, or service disruption was found.
Classification & severity
- Category
- Information content security
- Subtype
- Leak of confidential information
- Confidence
- Low
The only available source is a single public complaint on social media against the PNB/CPNB. The authenticity of the data, the technical scope, and the operational impact have not been verified.
Severity assessment
Medium- Information impact
- Suspected
- Affected scope
- Organization-wide
- Critical service
- Potential
- Public confidence
- Limited
The victim is a critical law enforcement agency, so the potential impact is significant, but the publicly available evidence is currently limited to a social media post of questionable reliability.
Timeline
Deface Peru listed the Bolivarian National Police (PNB) as an alleged victim.