Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración y Extranjería (SAIME)
Government saime.gob.ve
- Incidents
- 3
- High impact
- 1
- First seen
- Aug 7, 2017
- Latest seen
- May 8, 2026
Linked incidents
Operation Hecatombe: Alleged Data Breach Involving SAIME, SAREN, and the Border ID Card
On May 8, 2026, L4TAMFUCKERS/GordonFreeman claimed on dark web sources and through OSINT monitoring that an alleged “Operation Hecatombe Venezuela” was targeting the Venezuelan government’s identity systems. The alleged data set combines a SAIME biographical database of approximately 35.2 million records, SAREN civil documents totaling several terabytes, and approximately 92,000 Border ID card records. The publicly available evidence supports a single bundled claim/operation, not separate intrusions by agency. No official confirmation or independent verification of authenticity was found. Cashea is excluded from this record because it appears in related news reports as a separate claim.
Anonymous Person Reports Attack on the Administrative Service for Identification, Migration, and Foreigners (SAIME)
SAIME appears as a target or context within the #OpVenezuela campaign, but there is no public evidence of unauthorized access or a data breach in August 2024. The massive SAIME data breach in May 2026 is a separate incident and should not be conflated with this entry.
"The Binary Guardians" Affects the SAIME Portal During the August 7, 2017, Campaign
On August 7, 2017, SAIME was identified by EFE/El Pitazo, BBC Mundo/Los Angeles Times, Freedom House, and IT Projects as one of the affected targets. The sources describe the defacement or redirection of web pages with political messages; there is no evidence of the exfiltration of immigration or identity data.