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Police arrest hacker linked to threats against Youtuber Felca

Published on September 16, 2025

Police say Hacker was the “source” of data used by criminals in fraud, extortion and threats against Youtuber Felca A 26-year-old hacker was arrested on Tuesday (16) in Pernambuco, accused of invading government systems and selling confidential information to criminals throughout Brazil.According to the Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police, he passed on data to a gang involved in fraud and also to the man who threatened Youtuber Felipe Bressanim Pereira, known as Felca. The arrest is part of the third phase of Operation Medici Umbra, which also served warrants in Rio Grande do Norte and São Paulo.Pointing out by the police as a “technical pillar” of the scheme, the suspect would have extracted data from strategic system and Federal Police systems, including information from millions of pix keys and sensitive investigations. Hacker arrested was a “technical pillar” of national gang The Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police points out that the suspect arrested in Pernambuco occupied a central position in the scheme.Known among criminals such as “the source”, he had access to government systems, where he extracted a large -scale data that was later resold to intermediaries. Known among criminals such as “The Source”, Hacker had access to public systems (image: Maksim Shmeljov/Shutterstock) This information supplied clandestine platforms used in fraud, extortion and even threats received by Youtuber Felca, according to the G1. The role of hacker as a “source” of confidential data According to the Rio Grande do Sul Civil Police, the man arrested in Pernambuco had privileged access to government systems and extracted large -scale information.These data supplied clandestine platforms used by gangs. The investigation points out that the hacker mentioned having access to systems such as Sisbajud, used by the judiciary to block assets, as well as bases of Serpro and Sinesp, linked to public safety.In one of the intercepted conversations, he cited the possession of 239 million PIX keys and even sensitive Federal Police data, such as bank and flight investigations. In addition to the hacker arrested in Pernambuco, the operation resulted in two other preventive arrests. In Rio Grande do Norte: a 26 -year -old man was arrested for creating a “pulled” platform - illegal data consultations - in Whatsapp groups; A 26 -year -old man was arrested for creating a “pulled” platform - illegal data consultations - in WhatsApp groups;In São Paulo: Another 26 -year -old man was arrested on charges of joining a gang specializing in fraud against doctors in Rio Grande do Sul, according to the Civil Police. Felca threats The link between the hacker arrested on Tuesday and the case of Youtuber Felca came from information passed to other members of the gang. In the video, Felca shows how to access pedophilia -connected material in a short time - and in a few clicks - on Instagram (image: playback/youtube) According to police, data extracted in Pernambuco reached the hands of criminals who sought to intimidate Felca after he published, on August 6, a video denunciation about exploitation and abuse of children and adolescents on the internet. One of these criminals was Cayo Lucas Rodrigues dos Santos, arrested in August in Olinda (PE).He is accused of marketing access to security systems and blackmail victims, many of them minors.According to the investigation, Santos was one of those responsible for the threats to Youtuber. Read more: Cayo Lucas had been monitored since the end of 2024. He was identified as leader of a group that exploited children in live broadcasts, submitting them to humiliations and self-rush orders-practices classified by police as virtual rape. The relationship with the hacker arrested in Pernambuco reinforces the thesis that threats to Felca were inserted in a wider scheme of digital crimes.