President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said that the hack suffered by the Ministry of Defense by the Guacamaya group will not be investigated.

You can read: Guacamaya: the hacker group that attacked Sedena and other Latin American armies

In a brief media interview, the president was asked about the subject and here is his response:

“No. No, I’m not a supporter. It’s that people sanction and they don’t like those things”.

In Mitla, Oaxaca. .@lopezobrador_ rules out investigation and punishment for hacking Sedena pic.twitter.com/eqpZ6KLqdj

— Noemi Gutierrez (@noemiza) October 2, 2022

A few days earlier, during his morning session on September 30, the president downplayed the information revealed and assured that everything revealed was already in the public domain.

Sedena hack

The Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) suffered a cyberattack that revealed alleged emails and documents about security operations, military contracts and even the president’s health, according to a report on the news site latinus.

Driver Carlos Loret de Mola said there are intelligence reports on criminal leaders and political figures, as well as phone call transcripts, photographs, directories and surveillance of figures such as the United Nations ambassador. United States in Mexico, Ken Salazar.

A few hours after the Latinus report, the group of hackers, calling themselves Guacamaya, published a site in which he declares that he will offer the information obtained to journalists and researchers. The group claims to be against the activities of armies and other security institutions.