Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca says leak came from hack

One of the founders of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers revelations on offshore holdings, said his company was hacked. Ramon Fonseca said the leak was not caused by an insider but that the company was hacked by servers abroad. The leaked documents from Mossack Fonseca showed how the […]

One of the founders of Mossack Fonseca, the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers revelations on offshore holdings, said his company was hacked.
Ramon Fonseca said the leak was not caused by an insider but that the company was hacked by servers abroad.
The leaked documents from Mossack Fonseca showed how the world’s rich and powerful are able to stash their wealth and avoid taxes. The law firm is based in Panama and has more than 40 offices worldwide.
“We rule out an inside job. This is not a leak. This is a hack,” Fonseca, 63, said.
Fonseca also said that in all the reporting on the Panama Papers so far “nobody is talking of the hack, and that is the only crime that has been committed”.