According to the Justice Department of Justice, Sinalova Cartel of Mexico hired a hacker to track and survey the FBI, then used this information to scare and even kill witnesses against drug owner Jokon “El Chopu” Gozman. ARS Technica. The report states that the hacker used relatively SHOP sophisticated data collecting techniques and weaknesses in the FBI’s cyberciction to identify the witnesses.
According to the highly red -rid report, which is based on the testimony of the “Cartel -connected individual”, the hacker offered a menu of services to exploit the gang leaders “mobile phones and other electronic devices.”
The hacker “observed and out at the United States Embassy in Mexico City” and identified those interested in the FBI’s Assistant Legal Atich (ALAT). He used ALAT’s mobile phone number to get the (Atch) phone -related geographical location data, along with calls and calls received. ” The hacker also used Mexico City’s camera system to follow the allot around the city and identify those who met them. “According to the case agent, Cartel used this information to threaten the information and, in some cases, killed potential sources or witnesses.”
The exact technical methods have been rejected, but the report states that the hacker used a “technical surveillance” (UTS) to spy the FBI, which was investigating and eventually sentenced Gozman. In this report, the UTS explanation is “applying analytical methods for the purpose of collecting data and connecting people with things, events or places.” In other words, Cartel used some of its FBI methods against it.
The report states that the recent availability of commercial tools that allows UTS is a “existential” threat. It cited other examples, including cell phone call logs in the use of credit card transaction reports as well as data brokers.
According to the Justice Department, the FBI’s response to the UTS threat was “unpleasant and contradictory”, and the anti -measures that came in 2022 were “inadequate” and lacked “long -term vision”. It recommends (other than other things) that the agency incorporates all UTS risks to its final reduction project, identifying key officials authorized to implement the strategy, sets a line of authority to respond to UTS -related events and continues to train UTS strategies.
