Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2019-08-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Argentine Naval Prefecture
Affected country: Argentina
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Message Manipulation
Motive: Protest
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Hackers leak 700 GB of data obtained from the government of Argentina, including confidential documents, wiretaps and biometric information from the Argentine Federal Police, along with the personal data of police officers. The Twitter account of the Argentine Naval Prefecture was hacked as well and used to share the stolen information and post fake news stories.