Rui Pinto: Football Leaks hacker changes identity
The whistleblower behind Football Leaks has taken on a new identity under Portuguese police protection as the Premier League nears its Manchester City verdict.
Rui Pinto, the man behind Football Leaks, has changed identity under police protection in Portugal, according to Mundo Deportivo.
A self-taught hacker, he broke into the file systems of clubs, players and institutions and published confidential material on a scale never seen before in football.
The independent Premier League probe is now close to a verdict.
He entered a police protection scheme, with a secret address and a new identity.
If the Premier League's findings on Manchester City do echo what Football Leaks first suggested, Pinto's case will be remembered less for the prison sentence he served than for the paper trail he pulled into the open.
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- El 'hacker' que destapó el caso City ha cambiado de identidad mundodeportivo.com