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El Chapo drug cartel reportedly tracked and killed informants by hacking an FBI phone
The Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel hired a hacker to track and surveil the FBI, then used that information to intimidate and even kill witnesses.
The Mexican Sinaloa cartel hired a hacker to track and surveil the FBI, then used that information to intimidate and even kill witnesses against drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, according to a Justice Department report spotted by Ars Technica. According to the highly redacted report, which is based in part on testimony from an "individual connected to the cartel," the hacker offered gang leaders "a menu of services related to to exploiting mobile phones and other electronic devices." It cited other examples including the use of credit card transaction reports widely available from data brokers along with cell phone call logs.
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