Article 211 Bis 2 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE NINE. Disclosure of secrets and unlawful access to computer systems and equipment · CHAPTER II. Unlawful access to computer systems and equipment
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
Whoever without authorization modifies, destroys or causes loss of information contained in computer systems or equipment of the State, protected by any security mechanism, shall be imposed one to four years of imprisonment and two hundred to six hundred days fine.
Whoever without authorization knows or copies information contained in computer systems or equipment of the State, protected by any security mechanism, shall be imposed six months to two years of imprisonment and one hundred to three hundred days fine.
Whoever without authorization knows, obtains, copies or uses information contained in any computer system, equipment or storage medium of public security, protected by any security means, shall be imposed a penalty of four to ten years of imprisonment and a fine of five hundred to one thousand days of the general minimum wage in force in the Federal District. If the responsible person is or has been a public official in a public security institution, there shall additionally be imposed removal and disqualification of four to ten years to serve in another public employment, position, post or commission.
The previous sanctions shall be doubled when the conduct obstructs, hinders, impedes, limits or makes impossible the procurement or administration of justice, or falls on the records related to a criminal proceeding safeguarded by the competent authorities.