{"id":7522,"date":"2025-07-03T07:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=7522"},"modified":"2025-07-03T07:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T07:33:09","slug":"surveillance-used-by-a-drug-cartel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zero.redgem.net\/?p=7522","title":{"rendered":"Surveillance Used by a Drug Cartel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Security Update News<\/h2>\n

Update Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/th>\nSurveillance Used by a Drug Cartel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Update ID<\/th>\nSCHNEIER:0EE9A570EC3A95233D04018F912BE6EC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Type<\/th>\nschneier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Published<\/th>\n2025-07-03T11:06:42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last Updated<\/th>\n2025-07-02T16:21:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Security Impact<\/h3>\n\n\n
Severity<\/th>\nNONE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

AI Analysis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
AI Description<\/th>\nA surveillance system was misused by the Sinaloa drug cartel to obtain an FBI official’s phone records and track informants using Mexico City’s cameras. This highlights vulnerabilities in surveillance systems that can be exploited for malicious purposes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AI Severity<\/th>\nCritical<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AI Vendor<\/th>\nGovernment\/Public Sector<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AI Product<\/th>\nSurveillance System<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AI Version<\/th>\nUnknown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Update Details<\/h3>\n
\nOnce you build a surveillance system, you can’t control who will use it:<\/p>\n

> A hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official\u2019s phone records and use Mexico City\u2019s surveillance cameras to help track and kill the agency\u2019s informants in 2018, according to a new US justice department report.
>
> The incident was disclosed in a justice department inspector general\u2019s audit of the FBI\u2019s efforts to mitigate the effects of “ubiquitous technical surveillance,” a term used to describe the global proliferation of cameras and the thriving trade in vast stores of communications, travel, and location data.
>
> [\u2026]
>
> The report said the hacker identified an FBI assistant legal attach\u00e9 at the US embassy in Mexico City and was able to use the attach\u00e9\u2019s phone number “to obtain calls made and received, as well as geolocation data.” The report said the hacker also “used Mexico City\u2019s camera system to follow the [FBI official] through the city and identify people the [official] met with.”<\/p>\n

FBI report.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

View Advisory Details<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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