Overview
- Federal Police acting under the National Security Ministry executed 22 coordinated raids across Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba and Mendoza, detaining 11 suspects.
- 'Dictadores' allegedly commercialized an automated tool called 'Sherlock Alerts' that returned personal records from compromised public and private databases using identifier queries such as DNI numbers.
- Investigators identified roles spanning administrators, developers and technical operators, with the 'Sherlock' creator using the alias Treenix and linked groups operating under shifting usernames.
- Techniques cited include phishing, social engineering, manipulation of official records, fake medical prescriptions, card‑data capture sites, grooming for financial gain and the paid use of accounts from low‑income recruits.
- Seizures included phones, computers, multiple currencies, vehicles, cards and over two kilograms of marijuana, and the case remains under the Federal Court in Campana with DICCO‑led analysis ongoing since a March 10 detection.