FIFA President Gianni Infantino said in a statement to the press that the world football governing body's computer systems suffered a data breach for the second time this year.
Moreover, both the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) are both suspected of having suffered data breaches.
Hackers might have stolen sensitive data after compromising FIFA's computer systems via a phishing campaign targeting multiple officials of the football global governing entity.
“FIFA condemns any attempts to compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data in any organization using unlawful practices,” FIFA said in a statement published by The New York Times.
Regarding the data leaks, Infantino said that “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. What counts is to do things in an appropriate way.”
Infantino helped Manchester City and PSG receive smaller penalties for FFP regulation breaches in 2014
FIFA was also hacked in 2015 and then it had multiple internal documents leaked to Football Leaks, which publicly published revealing the murky inner workings of the football player market.
"FIFA takes all necessary measures to adequately respond to security incidents as well as to continuously improve the security of its IT environment," stated FIFA.
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April 20, 2018, 08:45:53 AM