Venezuelan embassy sites hacked

VENEZUELAN embassy officials in Argentina rejected a cyber attack after hackers commandeered the ministry’s website.

“We denounce the criminal policy of hacking and intervention of the Venezuelan embassy web portals in several countries. We have decided to suspend the publication of information online until the security conditions are restored,” the embassy wrote on Twitter.

According to reports, around noon on Thursday, Venezuelan web co-ordinators were locked out of the site from both the Brazilian and Argentine embassy locations.

A message from the hacker replaced the site’s homepage which read: Venezuelan Compatriots, I, Juan Jose Valero, Charge d’affaires in the Republic of Argentina, today in response to the decisions of other Venezuelan diplomats in the region, I recognize the National Assembly as the only legitimate body of our Republic of Venezuela and its president Juan Guaido.”

The statement was quickly taken down and tweets from embassy officials clarified the ministry’s position. |

News Agency (ANA)