Attacks on transnational companies In 2022, the group said they were responsible for a series of cyberattacks aimed at large mining companies in Latin America, including the Colombian oil company New Granada Energy Corporation, the
Brazilian mining company Tejucana, the
Venezuelan oil company Oryx Resources, the
Ecuadorian state-owned mining company
ENAMI EP, and the Chilean
boric acid producer
Quiborax.
Operation Fuerzas Represivas In mid-2022, the group announced Operation Fuerzas Represivas, a series of cyberattacks aimed at the armed forces of
Chile,
Colombia,
Mexico,
Peru, and
El Salvador.
Hacking of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Chile in 2022 In 2022, the Chilean press reported on the hacking of the Chilean Joint Chiefs of Staff (EMCO), a massive leak of national security data. The leak was made up of emails sent and received between 2012 and May 2022 by EMCO, the agency in charge of intelligence, operations and logistics for national defence purposes.
Hacking of Mexico's National Defense Ministry (SEDENA) in 2022 On September 29, 2022, Mexican journalist
Carlos Loret de Mola announced on his newscast that he had received six terabytes of hacked data from the Mexican Ministry of National Defense. The leak, which contains internal communications and documents from the army's email servers from 2010 to 2022, is considered the largest in the
history of Mexico. Citing privacy concerns, the Guacamaya group categorized the data set as limited distribution. Journalists and organizations seeking access must provide credentials and agree to reproduce the records responsibly. Known as the "SEDENA Leaks" or the "Guacamaya Leaks," the data set reveals the Mexican military's links to criminal organizations and the army's surveillance of opposition groups, politicians, journalists, and activists. Among the revelations, the leaks demonstrate widespread sexual abuse within the army and the targeting of feminists groups as subversive organizations that pose a threat equal to cartels. They also show the military's use of the
Pegasus spyware and its deployment against journalists, human rights activists, and government officials. The leak reveals new details of the army's role in the
Ayotzinapa case where forty-three students were forcibly
disappeared. Information on the health of President
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, army contracts for the construction of the
Mayan train, and the military's development of a tourist business, including parks, a national airline, museums, and hotels are also included in the leaked data. The Mexican government's response to the hack has attempted to minimize and even deny the revelations. López Obrador, whose presidential campaign promised to end state surveillance of private citizens, continues to insist that his administration "does not spy."
Hacking of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru in 2022 In October 2022, a report in
La Encerrona revealed a massive leak of military intelligence data
Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru (CCFFAA). The report gave special focus to the Southern Operational Command of the Army. The leaks revealed the military was monitoring reporters, left-wing parties and figures, and that they labeled civil organizations as a threat because they "infiltrate and advise the population against mining." The Peruvian military threatened to bring treason charges against a journalist with the independent Peruvian news outlet La Encerrona for reporting on the leak. The investigation revealed new details about the global drug trade and over 44 tons of "controlled deliveries" carried out to infiltrate the drug trade and how criminals corrupt politicians, bankers, accountants, lawyers, law enforcement agents, hackers, logistics experts, and journalists in order to use logistical, financial, and digital infrastructures. == See also ==