ASEA reports hack of official Instagram

ASEA said its official Instagram account, @agencia_asea, was compromised early Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. While it works to regain control of the profile, the agency asked followers to ignore posts and messages sent from that account. The reports reviewed agree that the incident is limited to Instagram and does not involve an institutional website or other platforms.

What happened to ASEA's account?

The agency confirmed that its official Instagram account was compromised, so posts and messages sent from that profile should not be considered valid while the situation is resolved. Infobae México described the incident as a social media hack involving the Agency for Safety, Energy and Environment.

La Razón said ASEA asked people to ignore the posts "until further notice," a instruction echoed by other Mexican outlets based on alerts the agency itself shared on X and Facebook. Unotv, for its part, said the institution was already working to recover control of the affected account.

What was the scope of the incident?

Available information places the incident only on ASEA's official Instagram account. La Verdad noted that the coverage reviewed refers to that platform only, and not to an institutional website or other agency accounts.

Poresto added that ASEA reminded the public that it will never request information through social media and asked regulated parties to contact the agency through the official email contacto@asea.gob.mx. That guidance was part of its public response while recovery of the profile remained in progress.

What did the agency say later?

Proceso reported that ASEA later said it had resumed publishing informational content at 5:00 p.m. However, the report does not make it possible to determine with certainty whether Instagram access had also been restored by then.

That point remained unresolved in the available coverage, which focused on the initial alert, the warning not to engage with messages from the compromised account, and the efforts to normalize the channel.