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FBI phone hacked by Mexican drug cartel to murder informants
A hacker employed by Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel infiltrated the phone records and location data of a senior FBI agent ...
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In Other News: Hacker Helps Kill Informants, Crylock Developer Sentenced, Ransomware Negotiator Probed
SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity news roundup for July 4, 2025 provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories.
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The Shattered Legacy: Julio César Chávez Jr.'s Legal Tangles and Boxing Feats
Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested for illegally entering the US and faces deportation to Mexico, where he is wanted for organized crime. Chávez, having overstayed a visa, was ...
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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 ...
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Mexican Drug Cartel Hacks FBI Phone, Uses Info To Kill Off Informants?
“According to the FBI, the hacker also used Mexico City’s camera system to follow the [attache] through the city and identify ...
Iran-linked hackers threaten to release roughly 100 gigabytes worth of emails stolen from Trump’s inner circle
Under the pseudonym Robert, the hackers first told Reuters they had roughly 100 gigabytes of emails from White House chief of ...
Mexican cartel hackers targeted FBI official's phone
Sinaloa cartel hackers broke into an FBI official's phone, using data to murder informants, the DOJ said. We're hearing from ...
Sinaloa Cartel hired hacker to use surveillance cameras, phone data to track and kill FBI informants
A notorious drug cartel enlisted a hacker who was able to infiltrate phone data and Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to ...
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 ...
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El Chapo's Cartel Hacked FBI Surveillance to 'Intimidate and, in Some Instances, Kill' U.S. Informants, DOJ Report Reveals
A hacker employed by Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel infiltrated FBI surveillance operations as recently as 2018, according to the ...
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 ...
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 ...