The minister stated in a note this Tuesday (17) that the company’s initial investigations identified “several and multiple illicit accesses” to the agency’s system, “followed by subsequent leaks of confidential information.”
The minister is the rapporteur of the fake news inquiry, through which he ordered the investigation of “possible improper leakage of confidential data” of ministers of the (Federal Supreme Court), the Attorney General of the Republic, Paulo Gonet, and their families.
“Initial investigations demonstrated, according to the existence of ‘block of accesses whose analysis, by the responsible areas, did not identify functional justification'”, says a note shared in the press by the STF’s press office.
According to the Attorney General’s Office, the suspicion of breach of functional secrecy is being investigated. The body also said that “the fragmented and selective exploitation of confidential information from public authorities” was being “instrumentalized to produce artificial suspicions, which are difficult to dispel.” A was the author of the representation.
The investigation led the Federal Police to carry out this Tuesday in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia.
Precautionary measures such as home search and seizure, breach of banking, tax and telematic secrecy, nighttime home confinement and immediate removal from public service were applied to the investigated employees.
The targets of the operation worked in the IRS. According to the STF note, they are Luiz Antônio Martins Nunes (a server at Serpro, a state-owned data processing company, which was assigned to the tax authorities), Luciano Pery Santos Nascimento, Ruth Machado dos Santos and Ricardo Mansano de Moraes.
Those investigated will give statements to the Federal Police, which will continue with the investigations. The report did not locate the servers’ defenses.
As shown by Sheeta on data from around 100 people, after determination by Moraes. The list includes parents, children, siblings and spouses of the ten ministers of the court.
The minister used the fake news inquiry, reported by him, to make the request to the Revenue. This Tuesday’s operation adds to other investigations determined by Moraes within the same investigation that have the minister himself as one of the possible victims of suspected acts.
The Revenue informed the family and sent the information to the reporting minister. The audit involves dozens of systems and contributors and is ongoing.
The body carried out around 8,000 procedures to check for breaches of confidentiality, according to people familiar with the matter interviewed by the Sheet under the condition of anonymity.
The work of the Federal Tax Authority involves data from 80 systems. The reports that are ready are already being sent directly to Moraes.
Tracking possible breaches of confidentiality fits into the context of the institutional crisis between the Powers and public bodies caused by the breach and liquidation of .
The minister’s family came into focus in the news after the newspaper O Globo revealed that Banco Master signed it for 36 months, from the beginning of 2024, and provided for monthly payments of R$3.6 million.
