[BreachExchange] FIFA Reveals Second Hack

[Destry Winant]

https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/fifa-reveals-second-hack/d/d-id/1333174

Successful phishing campaign leads attackers to confidential
information of world soccer's governing body.

FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, was hacked for a
second time earlier this year, the organization has acknowledged.
While full details of the hack and its consequences have not yet been
released, some information has begun to emerge.

One known: how the hack took place. A phishing campaign succeeded in
convincing Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) staff and
officials to give up their network credentials, allowing the attackers
to access confidential information.

This second hack came to light after a new group of internal documents
was obtained by Football Leaks, the same organization that published
documents obtained in the earlier leak. The first hack helped bring
down FIFA officials and shed unflattering light on how decisions are
made within the organization.

German newsweekly Der Spiegel has exclusive access to a collection of
new documents and is how sharing them with an investigative reporting
consortium known as European Investigative Collaborations (EIC), which
says it will begin publishing the information as soon as tomorrow.