Sensitive files about the MQ-9 Reaper drone and M1 Abrams tank could be accessed because of an unpatched router. It was totally avoidable A hacker used a basic security vulnerability to access highly sensitive files relating to the US military's spy drones and tanks, new research claims. Security firm Recorded Future says it discovered a criminal attempting to sell the secret information for only a few hundred dollars on a dark web forum last month. The documents, which were advertised at between $150 and $200, included technical details of the MQ-9 Reaper drone. The drone has been used for unmanned surveillance missions for the military and other organisations including border control. Maintenance manuals and a list of airmen who were assigned to work on repairs were allegedly being sold among a cache of classified data. The information was exposed after two members of the US military connected to the internet through Netgear routers that still used the defaul...