{"id":61056,"date":"2026-07-13T12:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/a\/5270302"},"modified":"2026-07-13T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:02:00","slug":"world-cup-grudge-attackers-may-have-scored-argentine-fa-access-via-year-old-infostealer-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/world-cup-grudge-attackers-may-have-scored-argentine-fa-access-via-year-old-infostealer-infection\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup grudge attackers may have scored Argentine FA access via year-old infostealer infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.theregister.com\/5270414.jpg?imageId=5270414&amp;x=0&amp;y=0&amp;cropw=100&amp;croph=100&amp;panox=0&amp;panoy=0&amp;panow=100&amp;panoh=100&amp;width=1200&amp;height=683\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div data-element-guid=\"d11159dd-82a3-4c53-901c-d41dec75505c\" readability=\"31.459143968872\">\n<p class=\"kicker \">Security<\/p>\n<p class=\"subtitle \">Footie fans? Overreacting? There&#8217;s a first time for everything<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-element-guid=\"4c9dc5d9-c886-4348-bf4a-01d0dc71377d\" readability=\"112.41863013699\">\n<p>Cybersecurity shop Hudson Rock says the suspected compromise of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) may be linked to an infostealer infection nearly a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The incident appears to be the work of an aggrieved football fan, or group of them, after Argentina eliminated Egypt from the World Cup round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt&#8217;s coach and football association complained about several refereeing and VAR decisions, which they said contributed to the result.<\/p>\n<p>The compromise of AFA&#8217;s systems was spotted after mass emails were sent from legitimate domains stating that Argentina &#8220;stole&#8221; the win from Egypt and that &#8220;the robbery will not go unnoticed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hudson Rock said it found evidence of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/security\/2026\/01\/12\/block-red-teamed-its-own-ai-agent-to-run-an-infostealer\/4134767\">infostealer<\/a> infection dating back to September 8, 2025, on a device belonging to an AFA software developer who had been employed at the governing body for nearly a decade.<\/p>\n<p>The security shop operates a database of known infostealer victims, and noted that the compromised machine was added to its database the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Whoever was behind the attack, which was claimed by &#8220;All Egyptian Cyber Warriors,&#8221; they either sat on the credentials for nearly a year, or sought them out after Egypt were controversially eliminated from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/offbeat\/2026\/06\/13\/world-cup-ai-predictor-now-lets-users-ask-daft-what-ifs\/5254853\">World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once they procured the credentials and authenticated themselves into the AFA&#8217;s systems, Hudson Rock said they &#8220;likely had profound administrative control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This would have included direct access to phpMyAdmin database management panels, root access to certain AFA databases, access to the management portal of AFA&#8217;s training HQ, the AFA media portal, and its competition management system.<\/p>\n<p>After looking at the stolen credentials in their database, the researchers said that weak, easily guessable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/security\/2025\/11\/06\/what-are-the-most-common-passwords-no-surprises-here\/954667\">passwords<\/a> were reused across several internal systems.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the compromised emails sent from AFA&#8217;s management and admin portal (afasistemas.com.ar), Hudson Rock spotted a number of posts made to cybercrime forums advertising the body&#8217;s data for sale.<\/p>\n<div data-element-guid=\"afe083ca-6701-48e9-9bd8-f8827dd7fb42\" class=\"lab4 column articleList layout_vertical imageLayout_left small-12 large-4 small-abs-12 large-abs-4 abs_grid_4 desktop-floatLeft mobile-floatLeft grid-vas-start mobile-grid-vas-start\">\n<div class=\"content border_width_0 border_width_mobile_0 border-radius-48 border-radius-mobile_48\">\n<h2 class=\"article-list-title t19 font-RobotoCondensed\">MORE CONTEXT<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the advertisements, the data related to staff, professional clubs, and the AFA&#8217;s external media partners.<\/p>\n<p>The samples appeared to include internal email addresses, phone numbers, user roles, and registration timestamps, as well as listings for access to AFA subdomains.<\/p>\n<p>Passwords were also among the data, although much of them were securely hashed. However, a small portion were in plaintext, which Hudson Rock said suggests &#8220;a significant security oversight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The AFA breach is a textbook example of how devastating a single, unmitigated infostealer infection can be,&#8221; the security outfit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infostealers.com\/article\/infostealer-malware-triggers-major-database-breach-at-the-argentine-football-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">said<\/a>. &#8220;A compromised machine belonging to a developer with high-level access highly likely handed a threat actor direct database administration rights and the ability to send authenticated internal emails.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because the stolen credentials sat dormant for months, the organization was lulled into a false sense of security, completely unaware of the ticking time bomb in their network infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The AFA told reporters on Friday that it was investigating the compromise with its IT team after many received the emails sent by the intruders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a possibility that our account has been subject to unauthorized access,&#8221; the AFA stated. &#8220;We are currently working to clarify the situation and implement the necessary security measures.&#8221; \u00ae<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.theregister.com\/?imageId=5270414&#038;width=800\">READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/security\/2026\/07\/13\/world-cup-grudge-attackers-may-have-scored-argentine-fa-access-via-year-old-infostealer-infection\/5270302\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Footie fans? 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