A Mexican drug cartel hired a hacker to surveil the movements of a senior FBI official in Mexico City in 2018 or earlier, gathering information from the city’s camera system that allowed the cartel to ...

In 2018, a hacker hired by the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel run by the infamous kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán spied on the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City with the goal of identifying ...

The cartel hacker then used the FBI official’s phone number to obtain information from incoming and outgoing phone calls. The hacker was also able to access geolocation data.

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.

Sometimes the surveillance state gets turned against itself. That seems to be what resulted in the unfortunate demise of a ...

A Mexican drug cartel hired a hacker to surveil the movements of a senior FBI official in Mexico City in 2018 or earlier, gathering information from the city’s camera system that allowed the ...

A hacker hired by a notorious Mexican drug cartel reportedly accessed an FBI official’s phone records and surveillance cameras to help find and kill FBI informants.

The stunning new details offer a rare look at how technology can be exploited in the high-stakes battle between US law enforcement and the violent Mexican cartels that control illicit drug trade.

Drug cartel used FBI phone data, cameras to find and kill informants, audit says By Heather Miller Published June 29, 2025 12:48pm CDT Crime and Public Safety ...

A hacker hired by the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico got access to an FBI official’s phone records and used Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to help find and kill FBI informants, according to ...