Hacker tried to sell US military drone files on dark web, analysts say

New research claims that a criminal hacker tried to sell files on the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drones on the dark web.

The unidentified hacker harvested the documents from a U.S. Air Force captain’s computer by exploiting a widely known security vulnerability in Netgear routers, according to research by threat intelligence firm Recorded Future.

U.S. officials are now investigating the incident as a result of the reporting, an Air Force spokesman told The Hill …

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/396355-hacker-tried-to-sell-us-military-drone-files-on-the-dark-web-analysts

The Hill | July 10, 2018

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