Rui Pinto
Rui Pedro Gonçalves Pinto is a Portuguese hacker, activist, whistleblower, creator of the Football Leaks website, and responsible for the Malta Files and Luanda Leaks revelations.
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Oct 4, 2026
Far Left
Portuguese justice stripped the Football Leaks whistleblower of protected witness status, prompting him to appeal for donations.
LFI defends whistleblowers like Pinto as essential to exposing corruption, and condemns judicial retaliation against them.
Oct 2, 2026
Far Left
The Football Leaks whistleblower is abandoned by Portuguese authorities and advised not to return home after exposing Manchester City's financial irregularities.
The left views him as a persecuted truth-teller punished while the powerful clubs evade accountability, a textbook case of states disciplining whistleblowers.
Oct 1, 2026
Far Right
The hacker behind Football Leaks, whose work led to Manchester City investigations.
Reform UK supporters are sceptical of foreign hackers interfering in British institutions, but also cheer any exposure of elite corruption.