Cuerpo de Investigaciones Científicas, Penales y Criminalísticas (CICPC)
Government cicpc.gob.ve
- Incidents
- 4
- High impact
- 1
- First seen
- Aug 7, 2017
- Latest seen
- Jan 21, 2026
Linked incidents
malconguerra2 calls for an attack against the Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC)
On January 20, 2026, a threat actor operating under the alias "malconguerra2" posted a data set on BreachForums that allegedly belonged to the Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC). According to dark web intelligence reports, the leaked dataset contains more than 22.6 million records, with a total size of 1.66 GB, and includes a folder of photographs. The exact nature of the compromised data beyond the photographs remains unclear.
Anonymous Alleges Data Leak Involving the Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC)
On August 17, 2024, the hacktivist group Anonymous—specifically the threat actor Jh0n_Wick-Bl4ckHat—claimed to have gained unauthorized access to the intranet of the Scientific, Penal, and Criminal Investigations Corps (CICPC) in Venezuela. As part of the #CyberHuntersOp campaign, the attackers published evidence of the breach, including vulnerability analyses and lists of extracted credentials—such as usernames, email addresses, and passwords—from the intranet.cicpc.gob.ve domain. The incident was part of a broader wave of cyberattacks targeting Venezuelan government institutions following the 2024 presidential election.
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.
The Binary Guardians Compromised the CICPC Portal During the August 7, 2017, Campaign
On August 7, 2017, CICPC (the Venezuelan Criminal Investigation Police) was named by EFE, BBC Mundo, El Pitazo, IT Projects, and Freedom House as one of the organizations targeted by The Binary Guardians. There is no public evidence of data exfiltration or compromise of internal police systems.