Mexico — Cyber Threat Profile
Mexico maintains a moderately mature cybersecurity posture supported by its National Cybersecurity Strategy and federal institutional coordination mechanisms. National priorities focus on critical infrastructure protection, financial system security, and combating cybercrime. Mexico operates national incident response capabilities and collaborates closely with international partners, particularly the United States, on cyber defense initiatives. The country faces a mix of organized cybercrime, ransomware, and espionage targeting energy and government sectors. Continued investment in legislative frameworks, workforce development, and public-private intelligence sharing is strengthening national cyber resilience.- National CERT/CSIRT: CERT-MX
- Data protection authority: INAI – Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales (source: CNIL)
- World Cybercrime Index 2024 (origin significance): 0.98 / 100, #33 worldwide
- Secure Internet servers per 1M people (2024): 531.7 (source: World Bank)
- Internet users (2024): 83.1% of population (source: World Bank)
Latest Mexico coverage
- Hackers hijack Mexican bank customers with a hands-on fraud toolkit 2026-07-08 · Cyber Incidents
- Leaked attacker server reveals an advanced intrusion campaign across Mexico 2026-06-17 · Cyber Incidents
- Hackers abuse GitHub to phish customers of a dozen Mexican banks 2026-06-17 · Cyber Incidents
Threat actors targeting Mexico
- APT28 APT
- FIN13 APT
- Qilin Ransomware · 30 incident(s)
- LockBit Ransomware · 29 incident(s)
- Cl0p Ransomware · 12 incident(s)
- The Gentlemen Ransomware · 12 incident(s)
- Krybit Ransomware · 9 incident(s)
- RansomHub Ransomware · 8 incident(s)
- SafePay Ransomware · 7 incident(s)
- INC Ransom Ransomware · 6 incident(s)
- KillSec Ransomware · 6 incident(s)
- Akira Ransomware · 5 incident(s)
- DragonForce Ransomware · 5 incident(s)
- Hunters International Ransomware · 4 incident(s)
- APT73 Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- Deadlock Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- FunkSec Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- Lamashtu Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- NightSpire Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- Trigona Ransomware · 3 incident(s)
- 3AM Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- 8Base Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Rhysida Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Sarcoma Ransomware · 2 incident(s)
- Stormous Hacktivist · 2 incident(s)
- AiLock Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- BravoX Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Cactus Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Chaos Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Crypto24 Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Dark Project Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- FulcrumSec Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- L Group Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Lynx Ransomware Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- M3rx Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Medusa Ransomware Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Meow Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Nova Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
- Payload Ransomware · 1 incident(s)
Most targeted sectors
- Business & Professional Services 29 incident(s)
- Manufacturing 20 incident(s)
- Healthcare 14 incident(s)
- Retail & Consumer 13 incident(s)
- Technology 13 incident(s)
- Agriculture & Food 8 incident(s)
- Government & Public Sector 8 incident(s)
- Transportation & Logistics 8 incident(s)
- Energy & Utilities 6 incident(s)
- Financial Services 6 incident(s)
- Hospitality & Tourism 5 incident(s)
- Education & Research 4 incident(s)
Recent claimed incidents
- SEARS (Grupo Sanborns) 2026-08-15 · Retail & E-Commerce
- Plaza Auto Mall 2026-08-14 · Retail & E-Commerce
- BRILLONCONSUMER.COM (BRILLONCONSUMER.COM) 2026-08-12 · Retail & E-Commerce
- ENTERATEK.MXESBERBEVERAGE.COM 2026-08-12 · Agriculture and Food Production
- Mikel Coffee 2026-08-10 · Retail & E-Commerce
- Price Shoes 2026-08-09 · Retail & E-Commerce
- ferretornillos.com 2026-08-07 · Retail & E-Commerce
- Labpharma 2026-08-05 · Healthcare
- countrymotors.com.mx 2026-08-02 · Retail & E-Commerce
- Excel Consultores 2026-07-30 · Professional Services
- Unauthorized access 2026-07-28 · Manufacturing
- Contacto Garantido 2026-07-26 · Professional Services
- Advanced Marketing 2026-07-25 · Professional Services
- Cano Industrial 2026-07-23 · Manufacturing
- Formas Universales, S.A. 2026-07-17 · Business Services