[ad_1]
José Luís Cristóvão believes that if he had been working in the days when Rui Pinto had accessed the computer systems of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), he probably would have been aware of the attack. But it was not like that. The PGR computer technician was on vacation. It always takes three weeks in November and that year of 2018 was no exception. “I don’t know if it was a coincidence or not”, he stated. The truth is that, being “absent”, he only found out about the attack when “the Judicial Police (PJ) asked him a series of questions.”
How i have everything records [registos de acesso] since 2013 I did a little research myself and gave it to the PJ ”, he said.
The investigation of José Luís Cristóvão was expected to be long in what is the 24th session of the Football Leaks trial – after all, he is the computer technician of the PGR, one of the alleged entities hacked by the accused Rui Pinto. But the deposition was over in half an hour. It’s not that he had nothing more to say or that prosecutor Marta Viegas had nothing more to ask. However, when he explained to the court that the PGR was “constantly” under attack and that, for this reason, he had already hired a computer consultancy, Vision Ware, he mentioned that this same company had prepared a report containing access logs to the systems allegedly made by Rui Pinto.
This report was a surprise to everyone.. Even the Prosecutor was not aware of it and therefore asked the court for ten days to have time to analyze it, similar to what Rui Pinto’s lawyers also did. Therefore, it is only after both have analyzed the new evidence that José Luís Cristóvão can continue to be questioned, that is, on December 2.
Fernando Gomes admits that Football Leaks contributed to the sports truth: “It could have had some influence in that sense”
The morning session ended like this earlier, but in the afternoon there were five witnesses to hear, all of them summoned by Inês Almeida Costa and João Medeiros, lawyers who saw several of their files posted on the Internet. Usually, family, friends and coworkers who were able to inform the court how they both felt as victims of an alleged computer attack.
Tiago de Almeida, husband of Inês Almeida Costa, explained that the woman entered “a period of great anxiety, worry and fear” when your documents were delivered. “He slept poorly, was often distant,” lived in “constant anxiety” and was “irritable.” Although currently “all these feelings” are already “attenuated”, Tiago de Almeida confessed that, even in family environments or with friends, the alleged intrusion “is not a topic to be welcomed.” “Even today, she is disturbed“, said.
The wife of lawyer João Medeiros also confessed to the court that, since the cashier email of your husband was revealed, “Life was never the same.” “He couldn’t work, he couldn’t stop thinking about what was happening, always fearing that clients would stop trusting him and that new clients would not come to him. This began to take over his head. She has 5 children to support, ”he said, adding that even today João Medeiros “feels that he has a sword in his head” because he doesn’t know “who can keep those folders”.
The former administrator of Benfica SAD, Nuno Gaioso Ribeiro, was also heard today and admitted that he feared that his emails would also be accessed, after the emails of lawyer João Medeiros, who represented Benfica in the E-toupeira case, were disclosed. . “There is a widespread alarm, because we all thought that we were possible intrusion targets. As soon as that happened, it could happen to everyone, ”he said.
Rui Pinto, the main defendant, is responsible for 90 crimes – everything related to the fact that you have accessed computer systems and mailboxes emails of people linked to Sporting, Doyen, the PLMJ law firm, the Portuguese Football Federation, the Illustrious Bar Association and the PGR. Among those attacked are Jorge Jesus, Bruno de Carvalho, the then director of DCIAP Amadeu Guerra or the lawyer José Miguel Júdice. Thus, 68 are for improper access, 14 for violation of correspondence, six for illegitimate access and also for computer sabotage of Sporting SAD and for attempted extortion of the investment fund Doyen.
Aníbal Pinto, his lawyer at the time of the alleged crimes, He is responsible for the crime of attempted extortion because he acted as an intermediary for Rui Pinto in the alleged attempt to extort Doyen. And that’s why they both sit next to each other, facing the panel of judges.
Rui Pinto. The “spiky-haired” boy who was already on school computers before he was the “John” of Football Leaks
The alleged hacker has been in preventive detention since March 22, 2019 and was placed under house arrest on April 8 of this year, in a house donated by the PJ. Following a request from the defendant’s defense, the judge Margarida Alves, president of the jury -who judges Rui Pinto and has judges Ana Paula Conceição and Pedro Lucas as assistant- decided to release him. The alleged hacker left PJ’s premises in early August and his current address is unknown.
