Guacamaya (hacktivists)
Type of site | Document archive and disclosure |
|---|---|
| Available in | Spanish |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | 2022 |
Guacamaya is an international group of hackers that obtains and distributes documents that it considers to be of public interest. Guacamaya describes itself as a group of "hacktivists" that want "a safe planet". They operate mainly in Latin America. So far, they've hacked the Chilean and Mexican governments.
Hacking of Chile's Army’s Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2022[edit]
On September 19, 2022 Guacamaya hacked the Army's Joint Chief of Staff in Chile. The information contained 400,000 emails that were sent between 2012 and 2022. They were concerning Chile's state security.[1]
Hacking of Mexico's Secretariat of National Defense in 2022[edit]
On September 29, 2022, the Mexican journalist Carlos Loret de Mola announced on his newscast that he received 6 terabytes of hacked documents of the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense from the hacktivist group Guacamaya. The information consisted of 4.1 million emails of the military sent between 2016 and 2022. The leak includes exchanges between the Secretery of National Defense and the Secretary of the Navy, information about the Culicanazo, data about president Andrés Manuel López Obrador's health and contracts for the construction of the Mayan Train and Tulum's International Airport, both projects that have been handed over to the army. This leak is considered to be the biggest one in the history of Mexico.[2][3]
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References[edit]
- ↑ Vergara, Catalina (September 26, 2022). "Massive hack reveals sensitive Chilean defense documents". Chile Today. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ↑ Morland, Sarah (September 30, 2022). "Mexican government suffers major data hack, president's health issues revealed". Reuters. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ↑ Abi-Habib, Maria (October 6, 2022). "Mexico Military Is Hacked, Exposing Abuse and Efforts to Evade Oversight". New York Times. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
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