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Hacktivists Use AI to Compromise Mexican Government Agencies

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A small group of hacktivists exploited AI platforms to infiltrate at least nine Mexican government agencies, stealing over 195 million identities, 2.2 million property records, and other sensitive data. The attackers used Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT to bypass security measures, find vulnerabilities, and build attack tools. The breach lasted over a month, with backdoors left in compromised systems. The attackers masqueraded as legitimate penetration testers to bypass AI guardrails within 40 minutes. They had no clear financial motive and showed significant technical proficiency in co-opting AI for their operations.

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  1. 06.03.2026 15:37 1 articles · 8h ago

    Hacktivists Use AI to Compromise Mexican Government Agencies

    A small group of hacktivists exploited AI platforms to infiltrate at least nine Mexican government agencies, stealing over 195 million identities, 2.2 million property records, and other sensitive data. The attackers used Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT to bypass security measures, find vulnerabilities, and build attack tools. The breach lasted over a month, with backdoors left in compromised systems.

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