US military secrets were sold by hackers on Dark Web

According to HackerNews, confidential documents about the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft used in the US Air Force and Navy, the Royal Air Force, the Italian Air Force, and some other specialized agencies were believed. The hacker stole and is being sold by a hacker on Dark Web - the underworld on the Internet for only $ 200.

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Experts have taken on the role of wanting to buy that information to find out and discover that hackers have access to the Netgear router located at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA to steal sensitive documents. The Netgear router shares documents using the default FTP login (File Transfer Protocol) setting.

A secret part of US military documents was sold by hackers on Dark Web.

The vulnerability that hackers exploit to steal confidential documents was discovered two years ago. Since its discovery, there are still more than 4,000 routers that have not been updated with the firmware to fix the error. Of course, these devices are vulnerable to attack.

The researchers added that hackers have attacked the computers of the captain of the aircraft maintenance crew and stolen confidential documents including maintenance instructions, pilot lists, manuals for operating M1 tanks. Abrams and a large number of other unspecified military documents. Currently, it is not possible to determine which individual or organization is behind the attack and steal this confidential document.

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