The new frontier of national security
Imagine that your CURP, your address and even your fingerprints are worth as much as a federal highway or a light plant. That is exactly what deputy Felipe Miguel Delgado Carrillo of the PVEM proposes. Their initiative seeks to have government databases declared critical infrastructure.
The direct consequence? Up to 15 years in prison for anyone who accesses, alters or trades with that sensitive information. We are not talking about minor fines, but rather penalties that are normally reserved for serious crimes.
“If a population database is violated, the population’s data, the personal data of each of us, and which are the responsibility of the State, are violated,” said Delgado Carrillo during the presentation.
A legal shield for what is most valuable
Martín Barragán, digital security expert, made it clear: today, data is the most important asset. Your protection cannot be optional. The proposal seeks to create a solid legal framework around biometric and population information that the State already has.
The move is smart. By labeling servers as critical infrastructure, any country’s strategic plan would have to consider their protection with the same urgency as it would protect a hospital or an electrical grid.
“We proposed punitive elements for sanctions against all those officials who profit from this type of bases,” added the green deputy.
Political support seems assured. Deputy Óscar Bautista promised the full support of the bench and defended the idea with a forceful metaphor: “data is as important as a road”.
Final custody would remain in heavy hands: the FGR, the National Defense and the SSPC. The message is clear: hacking the government will no longer be a minor computer crime but will become an attack on national security. The curtain opens for a new act in the theater of Mexican digital politics.
