A hacker employed by Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel infiltrated FBI surveillance operations as recently as 2018 using data from cell phones and surveillance cameras in Mexico City to target U.S. informants, according to a report released by the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General.
The report states that the hacker tracked the FBI's assistant legal attaché in Mexico City, a senior official responsible for liaising with Mexican law enforcement during the investigation into Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. The hacker accessed geolocation data, phone call records, and surveillance footage from the city's camera system, enabling the cartel to monitor movements in and out of the U.S. Embassy and follow the attaché's contacts.
