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When hackers become hitmen

ID: 9cb41b8d-3d9e-519b-8d04-0e1b829a5b76

STIX ID: report--9cb41b8d-3d9e-519b-8d04-0e1b829a5b76

Feed Name: Graham Cluley

Threat Score
80/100

Date Published: 2025-06-29

Date Updated: 2026-04-22

Author: Graham Cluley

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A criminal cartel contracted a hacker to identify and surveil people of interest (including an FBI Assistant Legal Attaché) entering and leaving the U.S. embassy in Mexico City, monitoring their calls and locations and using city cameras to follow them; according to a Justice OIG report cited by Cyberscoop, the collected intelligence was used to intimidate and, in some cases, kill cooperating witnesses.

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