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RS Police arrest hacker suspected of passing on information to threats against Felca and other crimes

Published on September 16, 2025

A 26-year-old hacker was arrested on Tuesday by the Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police (PCRs) on suspicion of involvement in the leakage of data from government and security systems.Authorities say the information passed on by him was used in various frauds and crimes across the country, including threats against Youtuber Felipe Bressanim, Felca. The suspect was arrested in Porto de Galinhas, in the state of Pernambuco, within the third phase of Operation Medici Umbra, named "The Source".More than 50 agents took to the streets to serve three pre -trial detention warrants and three search and seizure in Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte and São Paulo.The objective is the action is "dismantling the summit of a national criminal group, which specializes in invasion of computer systems, electronic estelionate and falsification of documents," according to the Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police. One of the prisoners was identified by the code name "Jota".Investigations pointed out that he would have access to data on investigations, facial recognition and control of domestic and international flights.Agents find out if the man actually obtained this information.According to delegate Eibert Moreira, "several databases were identified" on Jota's computer. - In interrogation, he confirmed that he had access to all this information.During the fulfillment of the search and seizure warrant, we, with judicial authorization, have already been able to access a virtual machine that was logged in on his computer, and on this virtual machine we had access to a cloud that had more than one data from data.Stolen data.The team has already confirmed that they were data from various government agencies - said Moreira. According to PCRS, frauds unfolded from a "highly technical and compartmentalized" criminal structure - from the invasion of sensitive systems to direct action against the victims.Jota, classified as "The Fountain", was in Pernambuco and was the "The Technical Pillar of the Group". "He stated in conversations that he extracted the asset search system and had access to 239 million PIX -data data. He also reported having obtained sensitive data related to public safety and intelligence and traffic systems in various states," says PCRS statement. "The source" sold access to this information to intermediaries, which owned illicit consultation panels of the data obtained in the invasions.The 26 -year -old man has even created a "pull" platform (another name for illegal data consultations) in conversation groups to attract other criminals and sell access to sensitive information. Investigations also led to the identification of one of the intermediaries, named as the administrator of distribution platforms in Rio Grande do Norte, and one of the main logistics and financial operators of the Ponta, linked to the direct execution of fraud, residing in São Paulo.The target of Rio Grande do Norte was also arrested on Monday. On August 25, the São Paulo Civil Police arrested in Olinda (PE) a man accused of threats to Youtuber and Felca humorist.Cayo Lucas, 21, had “advanced knowledge” of computer science and access to police and judiciary databases.According to delegate Eibert Moreira, Cayo Lucas bought data from Jota.With the credentials, he was able to obtain sensitive information and even issue search and seizure warrants against possible victims. The investigations of Operation Medici Umbra began from a series of attacks and fraud against doctors in Rio Grande do Sul. The previous stages of the action targeted direct performers of the crimes, according to PCRs.The analysis of the seized material, investigations with technological tools and the financial tracking of the "allowed the Civil Police to 'climb' the group's hierarchy".