Ministry of Defense Argentina Hacked By LulzSec Peru, Sensitive Information (Aircraft, Submarines, Weapons) Leaked
A hacktivist group claiming to be the part of infamous LulzSec, targeted the official website of Argentinian Ministry of Defense. This round of cyber attack taken sensitive data from Ministry of Defense server, along with that the index page also get defaced by the hacker group calling them selves 'LulzSec Peru'. The leaked data, allegedly said “top secret” documents from the ministry’s systems has been posted on AnonPaste. The total leak is almost 100 megabytes in size, contains information on submarines, radars and weapons. It also contains user details such as usernames, passwords, the names of officials and other sensitive information. The release on AnonPaste also did satire of the cyber security system of Argentinian Ministry while saying "According to statements by the DEPARTMENT OF ARGENTINA DEFENSE the computer systems area say they had a system impossible to hack, thing turned otherwise. The event should not be taken as terrorism, was for the simple fact to prove that the system was totally vulnerable. The documents contain highly sensitive material rated SECRET (aircraft, submarines, guns)..."
As per sources the data dump, leaked by the hacker was indeed stolen from Ministry's system, also the deface mirror on Zone-H is showing that the official website was indeed hacked and defaced. Though the officials of Argentinian Ministry did not commented about this incident. After the hack was spotted on the wild, the authorities restored their system, and the website came back to its normal format very soon.
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