The group has posted 1GB of documents from unmanned aerial vehicle maker Vanguard Defense Industries The politically oriented hacking group, Anonymous, has released 1GB of what is says are private e-mails and documents from an executive of a U.S. defense company that sells unmanned aerial vehicles to police and the U.S. military.The documents were publicized in a post on Pastebin, with links leading to the actual material on another website. The material purportedly belongs to Richard Garcia, a senior vice president at Vanguard who was a U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent for 25 years.Anonymous took special delight in the breach, as Garcia is director of InfraGard, an organization that liaises between private sector companies and the FBI.A group affiliated with Anonymous called LulzSecurity, or LulzSec, breached and defaced one of InfraGard’s websites belonging to its Atlanta chapter in June. LulzSec said the attack was in retaliation for a call for tougher action against hackers by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and U.S. President Barack Obama.Anonymous said the “leak contains internal meeting notes and contracts, schematics, non-disclosure agreements, per personal information about other VDI employees and several dozen ‘counter-terrorism’ documents classified as ‘law enforcement sensitive’ and ‘for official use only.'” A cursory look through some of the material shows it does seem to match the description from Anonymous. One of the e-mails shows Vanguard’s chief executive responding to a U.S. Department of Justice contact regarding the suitability of its ShadowHawk drone for use by the U.S. Marshals The ShadowHawk is a, small unmanned aerial vehicle that stay aloft for up to three hours to conduct surveillance. At an altitude of 700 feet or higher, the devices is not heard by someone on the ground. For military and law enforcement, a ShadowHawk can be equipped with a grenade launcher or shotgun. Related content news analysis Companies are already feeling the pressure from upcoming US SEC cyber rules New Securities and Exchange Commission cyber incident reporting rules don't kick in until December, but experts say they highlight the need for greater collaboration between CISOs and the C-suite By Cynthia Brumfield Sep 28, 2023 6 mins Regulation Data Breach Financial Services Industry news UK data regulator warns that data breaches put abuse victims’ lives at risk The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has reprimanded seven organizations in the past 14 months for data breaches affecting victims of domestic abuse. By Michael Hill Sep 28, 2023 3 mins Electronic Health Records Data Breach Government news EchoMark releases watermarking solution to secure private communications, detect insider threats Enterprise-grade software embeds AI-driven, forensic watermarking in emails and documents to pinpoint potential insider risks By Michael Hill Sep 28, 2023 4 mins Communications Security Threat and Vulnerability Management Security Software news SpecterOps to use in-house approximation to test for global attack variations The new offering uses atomic tests and in-house approximation in purple team assessment to test all known techniques of an attack. By Shweta Sharma Sep 28, 2023 3 mins Penetration Testing Network Security Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe