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Mexican drug cartel hacker spied on FBI official’s phone to track and kill informants, report says
In 2018, a hacker hired by the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel run by the infamous kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán spied on the ...
Mexican Drug Cartel Hacker Used Surveillance Tech to Target FBI Informants for Execution
Sometimes the surveillance state gets turned against itself. That seems to be what resulted in the unfortunate demise of a ...
Notorious cartel hired hacker to use surveillance cameras, phone data to track and kill FBI informants, U.S. says
The Sinaloa cartel used information obtained by the hacker "to intimidate and, in some instances, kill potential sources or cooperating witnesses," the Justice Department said.
Sinaloa cartel hacker turned Mexico City cameras against FBI, leading to killings, DOJ says
Justice Department reveals cartel hacker compromised FBI attaché's phone data and used city surveillance to eliminate ...
Mexican cartel hackers used FBI agent’s phone and public cameras to track down and kill informants: report
The hacker was able to break into the agent’s phone remotely and watch their incoming and outgoing calls, and even monitor ...
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Sinaloa Cartel Hack Exposes Cracks in FBI Security
The Sinaloa Cartel hacked a top US law enforcement agency and obtained classified information that was later used to ...
New report: Hacker for El Chapo helped boss hunt and kill FBI informants
A federal report says in 2018 the Sinaloa Cartel hired a hacker to track an FBI agent to find informants and witnesses ...
Drug cartel hacked FBI official’s phone to track and kill informants, report says
The Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico hacked the phone of an FBI official investigating kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán as part ...
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Sinaloa drug cartel used hacker to track FBI official, then killed potential informants, audit says
A Mexican drug cartel hired a hacker to surveil the movements of a senior FBI official in Mexico City in 2018 or earlier, ...