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Hacker Exploits 2-Year Old Router Issue To Steal Sensitive US Military Data

A single hacker accessed one set of the leaked documents from the computer of a captain at 432d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Reaper AMU OIC, at the Creech AFB in Nevada. The second dataset included information on a training course for a tank platoon, documentation on mitigation tactics for an improvised explosive device, and a crew survival course. The threat actor exploited a previously known issue with Netgear routers that allows remote attackers to access data on storage devices connected to the router if the default FTP authentication credentials are not updated.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/hacker-exploits-2-year-old-router-issue-to-steal-sensitive-us-military-data

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