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Cartels may be able to target witnesses after major US court hack
Officials fear that Latin American drug cartels are among those who obtained sensitive court data due to a sweeping breach of the federal judiciary’s case filing system, raising concerns that the groups will now be able to target cooperating witnesses involved in criminal trials against them. The worry, according to three judicial officials and investigators with knowledge of the hack, is that cartels could weaponize the stolen data to identify …
U.S. authorities fear that protected witnesses will be targets of Mexican and Latin American drug cartels after a hack into the digital case file system of the federal judicial branch, according to the Politico media. According to three judicial officials and investigators, data stolen from the system known as CM/ECF could be used to identify witnesses, learn about ongoing investigations or access to telephone intervention, arrest and search war…
Officials in the United States fear that cartels will locate protected witnesses who collaborate in criminal trials against drug trafficking groups after the federal judiciary's case file system was hacked.According to the Politico media, officials fear that Latin American cartels will be among those who obtained sensitive judicial data after the hack, which the U.S. Court Administrative Office recognized to be serious, and which Politico report…
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