N-gated Hacker News<p>🚨 In a plot straight out of a C-grade action movie, a drug cartel hacked an FBI official's phone to track <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/informants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informants</span></a>. Apparently, the FBI's cybersecurity strategy consists of "turning it off and on again." 🤦♂️ Who knew crime prevention was just a game of hide and seek? 🔍<br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/mexican-drug-cartel-hacked-fbi-officials-phone-to-track-informant-report-says/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">06/mexican-drug-cartel-hacked-fbi-officials-phone-to-track-informant-report-says/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/drugcartelhack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drugcartelhack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FBIsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBIsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cybersecurityfail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurityfail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hideandseek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hideandseek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>