Threat Intelligence, Data Security

GlobalX compromised by Anonymous hackers

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GlobalX Airlines, whose aircraft fleet had been used by the Trump administration for its massive deportation initiative, had its website disrupted following a distributed denial-of-service attack by the Anonymous hacktivist operation, which claimed the intrusion to be in retaliation for the U.S. government's decision to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in March, Cybernews reports.

Anonymous has not only vandalized GlobalX's website but also stolen its flight manifest report in March, which included passengers' names and numbers, crew details, and other flight data. Information included in the manifest was reported by independent tech news outlet 404 Media to potentially shed light on the class action lawsuit that sought to prevent the removal of the accused Tren de Aragua members. GlobalX has since recovered access to its website. Such a development comes after the Russian government had 10 TB of data claimed to include corruption files and Trump-related information exposed by Anonymous.

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