Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-01-06 00:00:00
Affected organization: esguarnacpuntademata.mil.ve
Affected country: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Protest
Actor: Kapustkiy
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: One of the websites belonging to Venezuela's ministry of defense (esguarnacpuntademata.mil.ve) is hacked by Kapustkiy in protest of what the attacker described as the dictatorship of President Nicolas Maduro in the country. The attacker leaks 2,100 accounts.