While tracking criminal activity on nighttime spider web marketplaces, a threat tidings squad Insikt Group of the security query line solid Recorded Future discovered a hacker selling classified military machine documents for a meager total of $150-200 on the Deep Web together with Dark Web forum.
According to the query team, the hacker got a concord on the documents afterward they intruded past times exploiting an FTP vulnerability inward Netgear routers that's been known for 2 years.
Once the hacker got an access to the router, the intruder was easily able to invade into a captain’s personal estimator together with pocket a cache of sensitive documents. “While such class books are non classified materials on their own,” Recorded Future said, “in unfriendly hands, they could furnish an adversary the might to assess technical capabilities together with weaknesses inward 1 of the nearly technologically advanced aircrafts.”
The documents include contained sensitive materials, similar “the M1 Abrams maintenance manual, a tank platoon preparation course, a crew survival course, together with documentation on improvised explosive device (IED) mitigation tactics.”
The captain from whose estimator all the documents were stolen had simply completed a cyber security class inward Feb together with “should accept been aware of the required actions to preclude unauthorized access,” Recorded Future said.
Meanwhile, USA police trace enforcement has started their investigating, but they accept non revealed who is behind this breach. However, researchers at Insikt Group insists that the alleged hacker is from South America, though they did non furnish whatever data further.
