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Hacker faced €250,000 fine, wins Malta gaming authority court fight

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A courtroom lectern beside a stack of legal documents & a laptop showing a database interface, empty of people.

Lilith Wittmann says the dispute ran to around 2,000 pages of court documents.

The hit

A Berlin court has ruled that hacker Lilith Wittmann can keep describing the Malta Gaming Authority as an ‘organized crime enablement scheme’, she said Friday. The Malta Gaming Authority & its CEO, Charles Mizzi, had sued Wittmann in Germany after she breached its systems in March. Wittmann calls the case a SLAPP suit; the regulator has not commented.

Why it matters

The ruling matters because it lets Wittmann keep using documents she obtained from the Malta hack, after a judge at a September 10 hearing reportedly viewed her comments as opinion rather than false statements of fact, according to Wittmann.

The record

MGA injunction sought After a March hack
Court documents generated Around 2,000 pages, per Wittmann
Legal costs to Wittmann €15,000-€20,000, per Wittmann
Potential penalty risked Up to €250,000 or six months’ detention, per Wittmann
Casino Secrets documents leaked More than 40,000 files from the Curaçao Gaming Authority

What happens next

Watch curacaofiles.com, where the Casino Secrets archive now sits after casinosecrets.lol was knocked offline & placed on server hold, before coming back within hours on the new domain.

Sources: Hacker Behind Curaçao ‘Casino Secrets’ Leak Wins MGA Court Battle

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