The information compromised in the cyber attack on FIFA in March is not yet clear.GETTY IMAGES
FIFA acknowledged this week that its computer systems "were hacked earlier this year for the second time," and officials from UEFA "fear they also might have suffered a data breach," according to Tariq Panja of the N.Y. TIMES. The hack on FIFA occurred in March and is "not thought to be connected to a cyber attack orchestrated by a group linked to Russia's intelligence agency" in '17. The information that was compromised in the second cyberattack on FIFA "is not yet clear," but a consortium of European media organizations "plans to publish a series of stories based in part on the internal documents as early as Friday." The group Football Leaks originally obtained the documents. UEFA officials were targeted in "a so-called phishing operation" in which third parties "fool their targets into giving up password-protected login details," though the organization has been "unable to find traces of a hack in its computer systems." In recent weeks, FIFA and UEFA have received hundreds of questions, "including several related to information in confidential documents." Information published by Football Leaks has "rattled" global football since '15, when stolen documents emerged on a specially-created website. Asked about the leaks, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said that he "tried to do his work honestly." He added that that means having discussions and "sharing ideas and documents with numerous people." He said, "If then this is being portrayed as something bad, then I think there's not much I can do other than my job. We are not stealing" (N.Y. TIMES, 10/30).
