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Military documents about MQ-9 Reaper drone leaked on dark web

ID: e80a9b79-cc4e-5aff-b60d-c840890aa3f1

STIX ID: report--e80a9b79-cc4e-5aff-b60d-c840890aa3f1

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2018-07-12

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

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Recorded Future's Insikt Group discovered a hacker selling sensitive U.S. military documents (including MQ-9 Reaper maintenance materials and various military manuals) that were stolen by exploiting a known Netgear router FTP authentication flaw; the attacker located vulnerable devices using Shodan, accessed a captain’s computer at Creech AFB (via missing FTP password), and posted the files for Bitcoin sale on the dark web before being blocked after engagement with authorities.

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