Mexican drug cartel hacked FBI official to track informants
Mexico's Sinaloa cartel used a hacker to hack the phone of an FBI official and conduct surveillance using cameras and phones. Through this, the cartel identified potential informants and witnesses, and a government audit revealed that it led to the killing of potential informants.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Identities of potential informants exposed and potential informants killed
- Cause / method
- Phone hacking by a hacker hired by the cartel and surveillance via cameras and phones
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- A government audit revealed that a Mexican drug cartel had tracked an FBI official and killed potential informants.
- It was reported that the hacking of an FBI official's phone had been used to track and kill informants.
- The cartel's method of hacking cameras and phones to surveil the FBI and identify witnesses was revealed.
5 related reports
- Mexican drug cartel used hacker to track FBI official, then killed potential informants, government audit says
- FBI Data Security Breach in Mexico Led to Murders of Drug Informants
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- Sinaloa Cartel Hack Exposes Cracks in FBI Security
- Drug cartel hacked cameras and phones to spy on FBI and identify witnesses
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