Mexican Governor Uses World Class Hacking Methods Against Adversaries Elena Toledo - PanAm Post
go to original January 6, 2017

The governor of Mexico’s Puebla state has been accused of espionage on political opponents (Los Rostros)

Rafael Moreno Valle, the governor of the Mexican state of Puebla, has been singled out for using espionage to monitor opposition politicians and even others belonging to his own National Action Party (PAN).

Among the victims of Moreno Valle’s espionage was Margarita Zavala, former first lady and presidential candidate, ex PAN president Gustavo Madero Muñoz, and current president Ricardo Anaya.

The accusations against the governor began in October 2015 when WikiLeaks leaked information regarding the purchase of spy equipment from the Italian company Hacking Team for 322 million pesos (USD $16 million) for the Metropolitan Public Security Complex.

This figure was higher than the 261 million pesos (USD $13 million) invested by the National Security and Research Center (Cisen) for the implementation of espionage software. Due to this investment, Puebla became Hacking Team’s largest customer in the Mexican Republic.

According to the article “Cyberware for Sale” published by The New York Times, former representative Violeta Lagunes received a series of strange messages via email. These messages seemed harmless as they came from the account of a trusted colleague.

One of the messages requested her to download and review a document, which did not work since the link appeared to be broken. Lagunes sent a message to her colleague requesting him to send him a new link; however he replied that he had not, in fact, sent the first email.

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