They Hack the Argentine Army and Filter Classified Information of 50,000 Agents

In the midst of attempts by the national government’s political wing to involve members of the armed forces in the fight against organized crime within our borders, a major violation of computer security happened days ago. On Tuesday 13, the army issued an official statement in which it stated that it had received several alerts about a computer security gap that is still being investigated. According to military sources, at least 50,000 documen…

Image source: Noticias Argentinas A lot with documents of 50,000 military personnel was published in a clandestine data sales forum. According to experts, the leak included numbers of DNIs, academic diplomas, service seals, addresses, travel records and family history. The incident, which would have exploited a technical vulnerability known as IDOR (Insecure Direc Object Reference), allowed the attackers to access the information. The failure wa…

Latin American Summary, May 16, 2025. As he transcended the information of the intrusion, Minister Luis Petri was visiting Salta for Operation Roca. From the military arena they seek to put cold cloths on the issue and ensure that the operational issues will not be affected. While the government wants to use the [...] La entrada Argentina. The concern for a hack to the Army databases grows was first published in Latin American Summary.

Dark News is a weekly summary of cybersecurity, privacy and hacking news.The themes are produced by Juan Brodersen according to these editing criteria.Subscribe now9>16May •TL;DRAfter a few weeks with relative calm, May exploded in cyberattack titles, with the Argentine Army as the protagonist. Earlier this week, information began to circulate about the sale of a batch of data from members of the force: below, what is known so far and what infor…

While the information of the intrusion passed, Minister Luis Petri was visiting Salta for Operation Rock.

An intrusion into the force’s computer systems resulted in the extraction of personal data, service sheet and travel history of its members. It happens in the midst of the controversial decision that the Army deploys internal security tasks on the northern border for the fight against drug trafficking, an initiative promoted by Defense Minister Luis Petri. Read more