SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s sports minister said Monday the theft of computer files from London Olympic organizers was “lamentable” and “unacceptable.”
Minister Aldo Rebelo said the Rio 2016 committee acted “correctly to investigate the incident” and fire its 10 employees who downloaded the internal documents without authorization during the London Games.
Rebelo, the government official in charge of overseeing Brazil’s World Cup and Olympic preparations, said in a statement that the employees’ behavior does not represent the relationship of “trust and harmony” between the countries hosting the Summer Games.
It was the first time the Brazilian government officially commented on the embarrassing episode, which hadn’t been made public by local organizers and was only confirmed after a report in Brazilian media.
