Breaches and incidents
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista: official website defaced with fake Lionel Messi signing
In the early hours of Saturday 31 Oct the club’s official site showed a fabricated note announcing the signing of Lionel Messi.
- Disclosed
- Verification
- Reported by a reputable outlet, citing the company
What happened
- In the early hours of Saturday 31 Oct the club’s official site showed a fabricated note announcing the signing of Lionel Messi; the club said it identified “um ataque cibernetico direcionado ao site oficial” and that its IT team neutralised it, with no financial losses or compromise of data found (club note quoted by UOL).
- Root cause: not disclosed.
- No attacker named.
- As a precaution the club took the official Corinthians and Neo Quimica Arena websites offline while it reinforces security protocols; UOL notes rival Palmeiras’ site was also attacked earlier the same week.