SOURCE: Police dismantle pirated TV streaming network with 500,000 users (bleepingcomputer.com)
- The pirated streaming network illegally distributed content from 2,600 TV channels and 23,000 movies and series to roughly 500,000 users.
- 95 resellers in Spain, Malta, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, and the United Kingdom have been identified.
- During the searches in the suspects’ locations, law enforcement found ten administration panels connected to 32 streaming servers spread across France, Spain, and the Netherlands, that hosted the content mentioned above.
- The police disconnected these administration panels, taking the pirate platform offline, and seized computer equipment, 2,800 Euros in cash, and vehicles worth approximately 180,000 Euros.