Security experts claimed hackers leaked a Canadian spy plane's sensitive info on the Darkweb! As of the moment, reports stated that the accused ransomware gang has allegedly posted the details of a Swedish airborne early warning and control aircraft.
A U.S. Air Force U-2 spy plane flies in this undated file photo. Iraq's U.N. ambassador, Mohamed Aldouri, has said that Iraq will unconditionally accept a UN request to allow the U.S. to fly U-2 spy planes in Iraqi airspace. Iraq had refused the flights before saying it couldn't guarantee the safety of the planes and worried that the U.S. would down the plane as a pretext to war.
According to Popular Mechanics' latest report, the affected plane is specifically the Globaleye, which is an aircraft that combines the Bombadier 6000 long-range global business jet with Saab's Erieye airborne radar sensor.
The hacked spy plane is designed to act as the ears and eyes of the Canadian Air Force. It is specifically created to detect enemy missiles. drones, and aircraft at long ranges. It can also inform the Canadian Air Force so that it can dispatch its own fighter jets to check or counter the detected attack.
Is the new Darkweb hack that serious?
Globaleye is comparable to the United States Air Force's E-2 Sentry airborne control and warning aircraft. This means that Canada also heavily relies on this plane. Since the aircraft is important to the Canadian Air Force, this means that the hack is currently a serious one.
A participant sits with a laptop computer as he attends the annual Chaos Communication Congress of the Chaos Computer Club at the Berlin Congress Center on December 28, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The Chaos Computer Club is Europe's biggest network of computer hackers and its annual congress draws up to 3,000 participants.
Experts said that they a zero-day exploit in the Accellion FTA web server software, which is used by companies to host and share large files that can't be sent via email to customers and employees. After that, the cybercriminals allegedly posted the Globaleye info to the Dark website called "CLOP^_-LEAKS."
This site is where the Clop ransomware gang publishes the data they acquired from different companies. They tend to leak their info if the victims were not able to pay the required ransom.
What the leaked data contains
ZDNet previously reported that Globaleye's leaked data came from its developer, Bombardier. Security researchers confirmed that the leaked info contains the company's design documents for different planes. However, they said that the hackers were not able to acquire Bombardier's personal data. Although this is the case, the company said that it is currently worried that the hackers are now offering its private intellectual property on the Dark web for free. You can click here for more details.
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.
