Cyber Incident Victim: Sistema Integral De Control Alimentario
Date:
Jan 2023
Location:
Venezuela
Summary
A cyberattack targeted Venezuela's Sistema Integral De Control Alimentario (SICA), a national agrifood chain management platform operated by SUNAGRO, causing service disruptions. The organization publicly acknowledged the incident via social media, confirming server compromises and temporary system unavailability but provided no specifics regarding attack vectors, data compromise, or responsible threat actors. Operational recovery was subsequently announced without disclosing remediation steps or confirming whether ransom demands were involved. The statement omitted details on potential impacts to food safety controls or supply chain operations managed through the platform.
| CIA Posture | Motives | Tactics, Techniques & Procedures |
|---|---|---|
| Available to members | 3 motives | 2 techniques |
| Threat Actors | Type | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 0 actors | Available to members | Available to members |
Description
The Sistema Integral De Control Alimentario (SICA), a technological platform managed by Venezuela’s National Superintendence of AgriFood Management (SUNAGRO) to oversee the agrifood supply chain, experienced a cyberattack on its servers. SUNAGRO publicly disclosed the incident via a Twitter announcement on January 11, 2023, stating the attack had rendered SICA inoperable. The platform’s outage disrupted its core function of monitoring and regulating agricultural and food-related processes across Venezuela. No technical details regarding the attack vector, intrusion methods, or attacker identity were provided in SUNAGRO’s initial notification. The agency did not indicate whether data exfiltration, encryption, or other malicious activities occurred during the breach.
SUNAGRO’s official communication confirmed the cyberattack caused a service disruption but omitted specifics about operational impacts, recovery timelines, or forensic findings. No ransom demands or threat actor affiliations were referenced in the public statement. By January 13, 2023, SUNAGRO reported via the same Twitter channel that SICA had resumed normal operations, though no technical remediation steps or post-incident analyses were shared. The brevity of SUNAGRO’s updates left the attack’s full scope—including potential data compromise, supply chain interruptions, or financial consequences—unaddressed in publicly available sources. The incident was resolved within a 48-hour window based on the agency’s operational status updates.