Service outage
Anonymous claims responsibility for an attack on the Ministry of Popular Power for Internal Relations, Justice, and Peace (MPPRIJP)
The MPPRIJP criminal records portal has been down since early August 2024, according to El Diario, and Anonymous claimed responsibility for attacks on the ministry’s domains. The confirmed impact is the unavailability of the digital service, with no evidence of a data breach.
Overview
Missing evidence
It is unclear whether any data was leaked or whether there were any material losses beyond the temporary downtime of the website.
Impact details
In early August, a disruption to the criminal records portal was publicly reported; no data breach has been confirmed.
Criminal History Record Request Portal
Classification & severity
- Category
- Availability
- Subtype
- Service outage
- Confidence
- High
Public sources confirm the impact on availability; no data breach has been confirmed.
Severity assessment
High- Functional impact
- Degraded (critical)
- Information impact
- None
- Affected scope
- Multiple users
- Critical service
- Degraded
- Public confidence
- Moderate
This only affects availability; no data breach has been confirmed.
Service disrupted Availability
Timeline
Claim
Anonymous listed the Ministry of Popular Power for Internal Relations, Justice, and Peace (MPPRIJP) as an alleged victim.
Evidence & sources
3 sourcesAnonymous call to overthrow Venezuela’s Ministry of the Interior and Justice
x.com Aug 2, 2024
Primary Threat actor claim
What is known about the crash of the website for requesting criminal records in Venezuela?
El Diario Venezuela Aug 19, 2024
Corroborating Media report
Anonymous Claims Responsibility for Taking Down 325 Venezuelan Government Websites - Diario Versión Final
diarioversionfinal.com Aug 2, 2024
Corroborating Media report