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Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Dissent

Tim Starks reports:

A hacker working on behalf of the Sinaloa drug cartel infiltrated cameras and phones to track an FBI official in Mexico investigating the drug lord El Chapo, then used data from that surveillance to kill and intimidate potential sources and witnesses the agent was meeting with, a Justice Department watchdog report revealed.

An FBI case agent learned about the hacker from someone affiliated with the cartel in 2018, according to the inspector general report released Friday.

Read more at CyberScoop.


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