Venezuela — Cyber Threat Profile
Venezuela's cyber environment is shaped by acute political crisis and US geopolitical conflict. In April 2025, US Cyber Command conducted offensive cyberattacks blacking out power in Caracas during military operations to capture Nicolas Maduro, marking one of the most publicly acknowledged offensive cyber operations in recent history. Following July 2024 presidential elections, Anonymous launched DDoS attacks against over 45 government websites. The Maduro government employs extensive domestic surveillance and internet censorship, framing all cyber opposition as externally orchestrated. The Poco RAT malware campaign actively targeted Venezuelan organizations in 2024.- World Cybercrime Index 2024 (origin significance): 0.30 / 100, #65 worldwide
- Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 246.7 (source: World Bank)
- Internet users (2024): 76.7% of population (source: World Bank)
Threat actors targeting Venezuela
- Machete APT
- LockBit Ransomware · 5 incident(s)
- NightSpire Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Qilin Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- The Gentlemen Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Akira Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Gunra Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- L Group Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Lynx Ransomware Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Medusa Ransomware Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Payload Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Anonymous Hacktivist
- Packrat APT
Most targeted sectors
- Financial Services 4 incident(s)
- Transportation & Logistics 3 incident(s)
- Business & Professional Services 2 incident(s)
- Energy & Utilities 2 incident(s)
- Manufacturing 2 incident(s)
- Agriculture & Food 1 incident(s)
- Healthcare 1 incident(s)
- Retail & Consumer 1 incident(s)
Recent claimed incidents
- venezolanadepinturas.com 2026-08-07 · Manufacturing
- Pirámide Seguros 2026-06-30 · Financial Services
- Venelectronics, through its website, 2026-06-20 · Manufacturing
- CHX Express 2026-05-09 · Transportation/Logistics
- Meditron C.A. 2026-04-23 · Healthcare
- CH Express 2026-04-19 · Transportation/Logistics
- Fondonorma 2026-04-14 · Financial Services
- www.bnc.com.ve 2026-04-07 · Financial Services
- TEALCA 2025-12-26 · Transportation/Logistics
- PDVSA 2025-12-15 · Energy
- branchcore 2025-05-19
- EPK 2025-05-19
- farmatodo.com 2025-01-31 · Consumer Services
- Banco de Fomento Internacional 2024-11-12 · Financial
- mirandaproduce.com.ve 2024-11-01 · Agriculture and Food Production