ASTRA assumes hacking towards the CNE system throughout elections in Venezuela

|| Editorial of El Periodico

** He additionally admitted to a number of cyber assaults towards the South American nation.**

The hacker who operates underneath the pseudonym ASTRA, probably the most well-known on the earth of cyber safety and pc crimes, revealed the existence of a cyber plan towards the electoral system in Venezuela.

“We introduced a cybersecurity research for the CNE (Nationwide Electoral Council) and we realized that the software program had not been up to date since 2022. We began to note that there have been ghost connections, open connections from distant ports,” mentioned the hacker.

Relating to the direct accusations of the Venezuelan Authorities relating to the crime dedicated towards the CNE system, ASTRA revealed that they blocked “the port from a ghost machine that was via a cable. We realized that the software program works with cellphone indicators, which we weren’t conscious of.”

“I raised the machine over two terabytes, as they had been making an attempt to dam the assault, however because the assault got here from many locations, we’re speaking about connections of greater than three million, and that’s what saturated them,” he mentioned. in an interview.

ASTRA, along with its participation within the CNE hack, admitted a number of cyber assaults towards Venezuela, aimed toward destabilizing the federal government of President Nicolás Maduro.