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Mexico Rebuilds Transparency Portal After Malware and Missing Files Found

Officials place the portal under Transparencia para el Pueblo control following findings of compromise.

Overview

  • Anti-corruption chief Raquel Buenrostro said the inherited platform contained .org pages mixed with official .gob.mx sites that redirected to casinos, online sales and even Xbox Game Pass offers, carrying viruses and trojans.
  • The system showed years of neglect with software dating to 2003, cloned pages and a technology architecture described as insecure.
  • During the handover, teams found missing or incomplete original case files and boxes that did not match the official inventory, with some losses deemed irreparable.
  • Authorities allege obstruction by certain state bodies and individuals, citing Aguascalientes where passwords for all obligated entities were removed before the transition.
  • The government reports it has purged malicious content, applied cryptographic validators, cloned the platform to operate safely, improved search and end‑to‑end resolution tracking, and initiated administrative steps to assign responsibility.