Corinthians website hacked and ‘announces’ Messi signing

Corinthians website hacked and ‘announces’ Messi signing asd Corinthians' official website was targeted by a hacker attack in the early hours of Saturday (31). Following the breach, the website displayed an announcement of the signing of Argentine star Lionel Messi, who currently plays for Inter Miami. The fake announcement claimed that the player's supposed arrival was the result of "historic financial engineering" and that his contract would run through the end of 2027. The club acted quickly and issued an official statement to clarify the situation. Corinthians' management stressed that the attack did not result in any financial losses or data theft. As a precaution, both the club's website and the Neo Química Arena website were temporarily taken offline, but services have since been restored. Below is the full official statement released by Corinthians: Official statement – Cyberattack Sport Club Corinthians Paulista confirms that it identified a cyberattack targeting the Club's official website in the early hours of Saturday (31). The incident was promptly contained by our Information Technology (IT) team. No financial losses or compromise of data and information belonging to Corinthians were detected. As a preventive measure, the Club is working to strengthen security protocols across its digital platforms. For this reason, the official websites of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista and Neo Química Arena are temporarily offline. Corinthians continues to monitor its systems and take all necessary technical measures to enhance its protection mechanisms and restore the websites' operation. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.