US EditionDOJ Audit Reveals Sinaloa Cartel's High-Tech Hack to Track and Kill FBI Informants
MEXICO CITY, JUN 26 – The Sinaloa cartel used hacked phone and camera data to intimidate and kill informants, exposing FBI vulnerabilities in protecting sensitive investigations, a Justice Department audit found.
- In 2018, a hacker affiliated with the Sinaloa cartel obtained phone records and used Mexico City's surveillance cameras to track and kill FBI informants.
- This breach took place after Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the leader of the cartel, was transferred to U.S. custody in 2017, and it followed a tip regarding the cartel's employment of a hacker.
- The hacker gained access to the phone of the assistant legal attaché stationed at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Mexico’s capital and exploited local surveillance cameras to monitor the official’s contacts and movements.
- The Justice Department report stated recent technological advances have enabled criminal groups to exploit global surveillance vulnerabilities, threatening confidential informants.
- Following the incident, the FBI developed a strategic plan recommending enhanced counter-surveillance efforts and more personnel training to address such vulnerabilities.
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After it was revealed that a hacker linked to the Sinaloa Cartel had used surveillance cameras on the CDMX, Salvador Guerrero Chiprés, head of the C5, denied any criminal infiltration into the system and said that there are no reports that directly involve the organization. “The C5 is never mentioned in particular,” Guerrero said, noting that the report refers to the ubiquitous proliferation of cameras, both public and private, and that the docu…
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