A German activist and hacker who breached the systems of the gaming authorities of Malta and Curaçao said Friday (September 25) that a new court judgment allows her to use documents she obtained from the Malta hack.

Lilith Wittmann told followers on X that the Berlin Regional Court II ruling also allows her to continue describing the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) as an “organized crime enablement scheme,” although it prohibits her from accessing the regulator’s systems again.

The MGA and its CEO, Charles Mizzi, took legal action against Wittmann after she announced she had gained access to its systems in March and shared data she obtained with media partners and authorities.

“And yes, we will expose the organised crime enablement schemes you created while presenting yourselves as a ‘legitimate public service,’” she claimed at the time.

The MGA and Mizzi sought an injunction in Germany, initially securing an order against Wittmann. She challenged it and has characterized the litigation as a SLAPP — a strategic lawsuit against public participation.

The latest ruling does not establish that the MGA enables organized crime. Wittmann said during a September 10 hearing that the judge considered her statements on the subject permissible expressions of opinion rather than false statements of fact.

Wittmann said the dispute ultimately generated around 2,000 pages of court documents and cost her between €15,000 and €20,000 in legal and court fees.

The judgment came during an extraordinary week for Wittmann, who days earlier published a trove of more than 40,000 documents obtained from the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) as part of her “Casino Secrets” investigation.