Azerbaijani hackers obtained information from the Armenian Ministry of Defense

Passport data of several hundred Armenian citizens, including military personnel, as well as documents related to the Republic’s military units, were leaked to the network by Azerbaijani hackers over the past three days. This was stated by media expert and information security specialist Samvel Martirosyan on July 8.

The expert noted that over the past month personal information of Armenian citizens infected with the coronavirus was leaked to the network six times. According to him, the criminals may have much more information than they published.

This is an extremely dangerous situation because among the documents there is such information as the number of vehicles in the military unit, and passport data can be used by fraudsters to issue loans.
Martirosyan believes that Azerbaijani hackers get access to official information mainly through email, taking advantage of the low level of computer literacy of the Armenian population. A significant amount of this information is sent via personal emails, which hackers can easily hack. To solve the problem, the expert suggests developing clear instructions on how to use the information and train people.

The National Security Service (NSS) of the Republic noted that they do not have information on the last data leakage but confirmed the fact of the previous two.

Earlier it became known that Azerbaijani hackers once again posted the data of Armenian citizens infected with Covid-19. On June 24, two files with names, addresses and mobile phones were published, but without passport data. Two weeks earlier, Azerbaijani hackers distributed the data of about 3,500 Armenian citizens with confirmed coronavirus infection, as well as residents of the Republic who were in contact with patients. “The e-mail of one of the outpatient regional medical centers was hacked and there was an attempt to extract information,” said the NSS.