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Starting 11 June, the FIFA World Cup 2026 will unite fans, teams, sponsors, broadcasters, hospitality providers, and businesses in one of the world’s largest sporting events.  It also presents a significant opportunity for cybercriminals.

Major international sporting events create great anticipation, attract high search volume, evoke strong emotions, and drive large volumes of digital transactions.  Fans are searching for tickets, travel offers, merchandise, live streams, betting sites, job open

Recent investigations by the Mexican military revealed that cybercriminals tied to the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) have attempted to infiltrate the networks of security agencies, including the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, the National Intelligence Center, and state-run oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex).

Military sources familiar with the matter told local outlet Milenio that the Jalisco Cartel is recruiting young tech experts to breach the computer systems of

Activity Summary - Week Ending on 7 October 2022:

• Red Sky Alliance identified 24,201 connections from new IP’s checking in with our Sinkholes
• Pptechnology Limited in Romania hit 485x
• Analysts identified 1,163 new IP addresses participating in various Botnets
• Royal Ransomware
• Phishing Microsoft
• US National Elections
• Vice Society
• New Zealand Attack
• Ferrari Issues

Link to full report: IR-22-281-001_weekly281.pdf

Mexican media sources are reporting that hacktivist Christopher Doyon, known as 'Commander X', was captured in Mexico and extradited to the United States, where he faces over a decade's worth of criminal hacking charges.  Doyan now claims that he was illegally handed over to the US authorities and is claiming political asylum in Mexico. 

"Please tell the world that I was illegally handed over from Mexico, where I had political asylum and where I was a humanitarian refugee.  I was illegally taken