Anonymous Retaliates Against ICE Air Flights to El Salvador
The hacker group leaks flight data and defaces website of deportation airline GlobalX in protest of migrant removals ruled unlawful by federal court.
Hackers affiliated with the collective known as Anonymous have breached the website of Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX), a U.S.-based charter airline contracted to carry out deportation flights of migrants, including Venezuelans, from the United States. The cyberattack appears to have been motivated by the airline’s continued operations despite a federal judge’s ruling deeming the deportations unlawful.
Migrant Insider is sponsored by
“Anonymous has decided to enforce the Judge’s order since you and your sycophant staff ignore lawful orders that go against your fascist plans,” wrote the hackers, who claimed to be affiliated with the amorphous hacktivist group Anonymous.
The attackers defaced a subdomain of the GlobalX website, posting a statement titled “Operation Dreadnought” that condemned the airline’s involvement in the deportation program. The message included excerpts from the court ruling and accused the company of violating both federal law and human rights.
Anonymous also claimed responsibility for leaking internal documents obtained during the breach, including flight manifests and passenger data from January through early May. These documents reportedly contain names, destinations, and dates of travel. According to 404 Media, the flight information could be relevant to an ongoing class-action lawsuit attempting to block the removal of individuals alleged to be members of the Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang.
Irish Star reported that hackers released flight data related to GlobalX flights 6143, 6145, and 6122, which departed from Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, on March 15. These flights are central to a lawsuit filed by five Venezuelan migrants under pseudonyms, who allege that their removal was illegal under existing legal protections.
Anonymous stated that it acted to enforce the federal judge’s order, claiming the airline ignored lawful directives in pursuit of what the hackers called “fascist plans.”
As of Wednesday, GlobalX has not publicly responded to the breach, which lawmakers on the Hill tell us they remain ignorant of.
Please stayed tuned as we try to get ahold of these documents and update you on more information they contain.
MIGRANT INSIDER IS SPONSORED BY
We at Migrant Insider want to thank these highly niche outlets like 404 Media, Cyber News, Aviation Source News, SC World, Tech Radar, and Tech Crunch for this news.
Go Anonymous, go!👍👍👍
I forgot to mention they were told not to fly to Libya, that the court order stipulated they were not to fly to Libya.