Pronico

Pronico operates the Fenix mine in Guatemala, which has a long history of human rights abuses, environmental damage, and resistance by the surrounding communities.

Media Coverage

English:

• https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Mining_Secrets
• https://forbiddenstories.org/case/mining-secrets/
• https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/06/indigenous-groups-oppose-restarting-guatemala-nickel-mine
• https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/mining-secrets-major-nickel-producer-accused-of-polluting-guatemalas-largest-lake#

Spanish:

• https://www.prensacomunitaria.org/2022/03/diez-claves-para-leer-la-investigacion-miningsecrets/
• https://forbiddenstories.org/es/case/mining-secrets/
• https://elpais.com/internacional/2022-03-06/asi-se-compra-un-estado-como-una-minera-rusa-corrompio-a-todos-los-poderes-en-guatemala.html
• https://www.prensacomunitaria.org/2022/03/solway-la-minera-senalada-de-espionaje-a-periodistas-rechaza-acusaciones/
• https://www.prensacomunitaria.org/2022/03/secreto-minero-una-investigacion-sobre-las-estrategias-de-una-mina-rusa-en-guatemala6/
• https://elfaro.net/es/202203/centroamerica/26055/Filtraci%C3%B3n-de-documentos-confirma-cooptaci%C3%B3n-del-Estado-guatemalteco-por-empresa-minera.htm
• https://storeproject.squarespace.com/secretos-mineros/espionaje-y-criminalizacion
• https://desinformemonos.org/la-version-caribena-de-una-red-criminal-entre-rusos-suizos-y-chapines-en-guatemala/
• https://desinformemonos.org/%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b0-los-senores-del-polvo-rojo-y-los-senores-del-polvo-blanco/
• https://desinformemonos.org/%d0%b3%d0%b2%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%b0-guatemala-se-escribe-en-ruso/

Hack

The hack was done by a group calling themselves Guacamaya

• Statement by the hackers
• Interview
• Screenshot of a statement posted to Pronico's website by the hackers

Video

The hackers published a video showing in detail how they hacked Pronico, downloaded files and emails to leak, and then repeatedly sabotaged the company's computers over the course of 6 months. It can be downloaded here or watched here. Credits for the video's soundtrack is available here

Video Timeline

0:51    Introduction
2:05    ProxyLogon
5:35    Other methods of initial access
7:15    Get Domain Admin via dumping LSA secrets
13:35   Lateral movement onto other servers
15:40   Backdooring a switch
21:42   Golden Tickets
25:08   Eternal Blue
32:56   Enabling wdigest and dumping passwords with mimikatz
33:53   Grabbing VPN and saved browser passwords of sysadmin
40:26   Scanning for SMB shares
42:45   Exfiltrating files
49:09   Enabling file sharing via group policy
54:35   Exfiltrating e-mail
1:03:22 Wiping company's storage servers
1:11:31 Wiping computers with Kaspersky
1:13:07 Wiping servers using diskpart
1:14:46 Wiping Office 365
1:24:16 Wiping windows domain with Bitlocker
1:40:28 Stealthy persistence and avoiding AV with dnscat2
1:45:28 Avoiding AV with mimikatz
1:47:03 Wiping storage servers via iscsi
2:06:18 Avoiding AV to exploit PrintNightmare
2:13:35 Wiping windows domain with sdelete