Maintenance in progress

the argentine football association is under simultaneous pressure from three directions during its world cup title defense: its official email accounts were hijacked to send messages about 'corrupt refereeing' after a controversial win over egypt, the fbi is investigating whether a miami-area firm illegally routed $300 million in sponsorship money on its behalf, and infostealer malware triggered a major breach of its database. a national federation being hacked, probed, and leaked in the same week its team plays quarterfinals is the kind of thing the spectacle usually buries.

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