The Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico hacked the phone of an FBI official investigating kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán as part ...

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.

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.

The Justice Department announced that "over $10 million dollars in cryptocurrency, directly linked to the Sinaloa cartel" has ...

Drug cartel used FBI phone data, cameras to find and kill informants, audit says. Heather Miller. Sun, June 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM UTC. 3 min read. The Brief.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 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 ...

Mexican drug cartel used hacker to track FBI official, then killed potential informants, government audit says. Sean Lyngaas, CNN. Sat, June 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM UTC. 3 min read.