Mexico

Purloined Pesos, or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Mexican Politician Removed Over Alleged Ties to Romanian ATM Skimmer Gang

| | All About Skimmers, ATM Skimmers, Constantin Sorinel Marcu, Florian Tudor, Intacash, José Alberto Gómez Álvarez, Jose de la Peña Ruiz de Chávez, José Luis Jonathan Yong, José Luis Yong Cruz, Mexico, Naín Díaz Medina, Ne'er-Do-Well News, OCCRP, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Riviera Maya gang, The Shark
The leader of Mexico's Green Party has been removed from office following allegations that he received money from a Romanian ATM skimmer gang that stole hundreds of millions of dollars from tourists ...
Krebs on Security
Los Consumidores Mexicanos Esperan con Entusiasmo la Protección de la Ciberseguridad Basada en la Red

Los Consumidores Mexicanos Esperan con Entusiasmo la Protección de la Ciberseguridad Basada en la Red

| | Allot Secure, Communication Service Provider, csp, CSPs, cyber defense, Cyber Security, Mexico, Mobile, Network Security, Security as a Service, Service Providers, telcom, Telecom
El 2020 está siendo un año difícil.  Mientras México se enfrenta a la pandemia de COVID-19, los ciudadanos también hacen frente a peligrosos virus y ataques informáticos que se propagan rápidamente por ...
Allot Blog
The Riviera Maya Gang: Cash, Crime, Killing

Romanian Skimmer Gang in Mexico Outed by KrebsOnSecurity Stole $1.2 Billion

| | All About Skimmers, ATM Skimmers, Constantin Sorinel Marcu, Florian Tudor, Intacash, Mexico, Ne'er-Do-Well News, OCCRP, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Riviera Maya gang, The Shark
An exhaustive inquiry published today by a consortium of investigative journalists says a three-part series KrebsOnSecurity published in 2015 on a Romanian ATM skimming gang operating in Mexico's top tourist destinations disrupted ...
Krebs on Security
18 Members of ATM Skimmer Gang Arrested -- Mostly Romanian

18 Members of ATM Skimmer Gang Arrested — Mostly Romanian

| | ATM Skimmers, Bank Fraud, Mexico, romania, Skimming, wire fraud
DOJ Press Release: 18 Members of International Fraud and Money Laundering ConspiracyThe Southern District of New York brought charges on 18 people for their involvement in an ATM Skimming ring that planted ...
CyberCrime & Doing Time

Virtual Kidnap: An evolving crime with cases on the rise

| | Americas, Crisis Response, Insights, Kidnap, Latin America, Mexico, virtual kidnap
PDF DOWNLOAD ‘Virtual kidnap’ is a crime that has developed and changed over the past five years and is prevalent particularly in Mexico but also throughout Latin America and isolated incidents have ...
NYA

Latin America Report Q4 18 – Mexico

| | Americas, extortion, Insights, Kidnap, Latin America, Mexico, Report
The following is an extract from our quarterly Latin America Report. To receive the report in full, click here. CRIME This reporting period was characterised by an increase in crime within tourist ...
NYA

Is Mexico at its most violent?

| | Crisis Response, Insights, Kidnap, Mexico, NYA24
The first quarter of 2018 was reportedly the most violent in Mexican history, based on the number of intentional homicides. The following is taken from our full report on Latin America produced ...
NYA

Hackers siphon hundreds of millions of pesos out of Mexican banks through shadow transactions

| | banking, Featured Articles, IT Security and Data Protection, Mexico, SPEI, SWIFT
A software vulnerability is suspected of being to blame for a hack which saw criminals transfer more than 300 million pesos (over US $15 million) out of Mexican banks. The post Hackers ...
The State of Security