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= Guacamaya =

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 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."