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Hacker for El Chapo helped boss hunt and kill FBI informants

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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 U.S. Embassy in Mexico City with the goal of identifying “people of interest” for the cartel to target and kill, according to a new U.S. government watchdog report.

Notorious cartel hired hacker to use surveillance cameras, phone data to track and kill FBI informants, U.S. says

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.

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New report: Hacker for El Chapo helped boss hunt and kill FBI informants

A federal report says in 2018 the Sinaloa Cartel hired a hacker to track an FBI agent to find informants and witnesses against the cartel boss.

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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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