Seller Claims to Offer Royal Belgian Football Association Dataset with 346,685 Names
Summary
A seller using the handle RedStone claims to offer an RBFA dataset containing 346,685 unique names and other personal and organizational data. The listing and its claims have not been independently verified.
Key points
- The seller claims the dataset includes names, contact details, dates of birth, addresses, VAT numbers, player photographs, and football records.
- The listing claims 3,172 unique email addresses, 5,307 phone numbers, and 7,255 addresses.
- The seller advertises 1,000 samples and asks buyers to make an offer.
- The article says the dataset's authenticity, source, completeness, availability, and stated counts have not been independently verified.
- The material does not establish how the data was obtained or confirm unauthorized access to RBFA systems.
- If authentic, the information could support targeted phishing, impersonation, and other social-engineering activity.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA)
- Victim Domain
- Not disclosed
- Incident Type
- Unverified claim of a dataset offered for sale; unauthorized access or data theft has not been established.
- Disclosure Date
- 2026-10-02
- Data Types Exposed
- Seller-claimed full names
- Seller-claimed dates of birth
- Seller-claimed email addresses, phone numbers, fax values and postal addresses
- Seller-claimed player photographs and player-photo URLs
- Seller-claimed VAT numbers and club websites
- Seller-claimed player statistics and team membership records
- Seller-claimed club-official, club-card and referee appointment records
- Seller-claimed international career-history and international football records
- Seller-claimed search-index profiles and organizational relationships
- Seller-claimed club, team, commission, terrain and content records
- Affected Records
- Unverified seller counts: 346,685 unique full names; 492,332 team-member rows; 2,859,241 PlayerStatistics rows; 10,081 club-official rows; 53,298 club-card rows; 531,907 referee appointment entries; 86,398 international career-history rows; 5,691 international records; 60,396 search-index profile rows; 4,232 unique referees; 7,315 people associated with date-of-birth data; 6,503 distinct player-photo URLs and 12,483 image files; 3,172 unique email addresses; 5,307 unique phone numbers and 28 fax values; 7,255 unique addresses; 1,606 VAT numbers; 487 club websites; 4,345 clubs; 284,419 teams. The listing advertises 1,000 samples and 13 PlayerStatistics seasons covering 2015-2027.
- Affected Data Size
- Not disclosed
- Operational Impact
- Unknown
- Ransom Or Extortion
- The seller solicits offers to purchase the purported dataset. No ransom demand or extortion against RBFA is reported.
- Claim Status
- claimed