Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s old phone and email have been hacked, Reuters reported on Monday.

Sheinbaum said at a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City that she did not know who told the hacker about her phone and email.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that Sheinbaum’s phone was hacked after the president’s government took a bold step on February 27 by deporting 29 drug traffickers to the United States.

Sheinbaum said Apple had communicated with Mexico’s Department of Digital Transformation, was aware that it had been hacked, and was taking steps to recover the hacked phone and email.

The president revealed that the phone was a gift from former senator and Campeche governor Leyda Sansorres. Her phone number had been circulating during the election campaign as a show of affection, Sheinbaum said.

The Mexican president added that the hacked phone and email address would no longer be used for personal communications and correspondence.

Sheinbaum used the phone as Mexico City’s environmental representative for Tlalpan, long before she was a presidential candidate or head of government in the capital.

The phone was widely distributed by people in Mexico City and was announced in local media last year ahead of the general election in June 2024. She said the hacked phone would be investigated.

A New York Times article described a call between Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump, in which they brokered a deal that would exempt Mexican goods from a 25 percent tariff for another month.

Trump reportedly praised Sheinbaum for publicly opposing then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tariff threats against his neighbor.

Sheinbaum confirmed that she did not know who leaked the phone call with President Trump. She said the hacker had not been found, which led to the press conference at the National Palace.