Interview with Rui Pinto of Football Leaks

> DER SPIEGEL: That makes it sound as though you might ultimately admit to hacking, after always telling us that you're not a hacker.

> Pinto: I fully accept that, from the standpoint of Portuguese law, some of my acts may be considered illegal and I will speak out on that. I maintain that many things that are mentioned were not illegally done. And I don't consider myself a hacker.

> DER SPIEGEL: What does hacking mean to you then?

> Pinto: To me, hacking means breaking into a system with brute force and exploiting it. I never did stuff like that.

> DER SPIEGEL: But the indictment says that hacking software was found on your laptop.

> Pinto: It's true but first of all, that computer was not only used by me. Second, just because the software is there doesn't mean that I actually used it. And third, the indictment never actually says that any of these programs were utilized to access data.

> DER SPIEGEL: You not only continually insisted that you weren't a hacker, but also that you weren't acting alone. Since your arrest, however, Football Leaks has gone silent. What happened to your supposed companions?

> Pinto: You have to be patient. It's true that I was the face of the project, but we'll see what happens in the near future.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/06/03/how-football-l...