Security News > 2022 > October > Australian police secret agents exposed in Colombian data leak
Identities of secret agents working for the Australian Federal Police have been exposed after hackers leaked documents stolen from the Colombian government.
The leak comes from a hacktivist group called Guacamaya and includes more than five terabytes of classified data, including emails, documents, and methods AFP agents were using to stop drug cartels from running their business in Australia.
Details exposed this way are from 35 AFP operations, some of them still active, and also include surveillance reports from agents, phone tap recordings, and payroll data for Colombian officers.
The AFP is not the only law enforcement agency collaborating with the Colombian government so police agencies from other countries are likely to be affected.
The AFP is concerned about possible breaches of operational security as a consequence of this data compromise.
Among the victims are the Chilean Armed Forces, the Peruvian Army, the Joint Command of the Armed Forces of Peru, the Armed Forces of El Salvador, the National Civil Police of El Salvador, the Secretariat of National Defense of Mexico, and the General Command of the Military Forces of Colombia.
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