Security News > 2022 > September > Classified NATO documents stolen from Portugal, now sold on darkweb
The Armed Forces General Staff agency of Portugal has suffered a cyberattack that allegedly allowed the theft of classified NATO documents, which are now sold on the dark web.
EMGFA is the government agency responsible for the control, planning, and operations of the armed forces of Portugal.
American cyber-intelligence agents noticed the sale of stolen documents and alerted the U.S. embassy in Lisbon, which in turn warned the Portuguese government about the data breach.
Immediately, a team of experts from the National Security Office and Portugal's national cybersecurity center was dispatched to EMGFA to carry out a complete screening of the body's entire network.
These sources told the news outlet that the leaked documents are of "Extreme gravity," so their dissemination might cause a crisis with the country's credibility in the military alliance.
Many members of the parliament expressed their surprise today with the news about classified military documents being sold on the internet and the country's intelligence services failing to detect such a highly critical breach.