October 31 – FIFA is bracing itself for another set of potentially incriminating leaks after admitting its computer systems have been hacked again.
A consortium of media organisations is set to report details of the latest cyber attack breach which reportedly happened in March
“We condemn any attempt to compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data in any organisation using unlawful practices,” FIFA said in a statement.
“Of course, we are concerned by the fact that some information has been obtained illegally. FIFA takes all necessary measures to adequately respond to security incidents as well as to continuously improve the security of its IT environment.”
According to the New York Times, various stories are set to be published on Friday after they were obtained by whistleblowing website Football Leaks.
Football Leaks first obtained confidential documents in 2015 while the New York Times say German magazine Der Spiegel have obtained large quantities of exclusive information including emails, messages and contracts.
Earlier this week, Gianni Infantino, defending his style of his presidency, told reporters in Kigali, Rwanda, after a FIFA Council meeting: “My job entails having discussions, having conversations, exchanging documents, drafts, ideas, whatever, on many, many, many, many, topics.
“If I just have to stay in my room and not speak to anyone and cannot do anything, how can I do my job properly? So if then this is being portrayed as something bad, I think there’s not much I can do more than my job in an honest way, in a professional way and trying to defend the interests of football.”
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