Latest Piracy news

Five men convicted for operating illegal streaming site Jetflicks

A federal jury in Las Vegas convicted five men for their involvement in the operation of Jetflicks, one of the largest and most popular illegal streaming services in the United States.
- Bill Toulas
- June 21, 2024
- 11:20 AM
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Police dismantle pirated TV streaming network that made $5.7 million

Spanish police have dismantled a network of illegal media content distribution that, since the start of its operations in 2015, has made over $5,700,000.
- Bill Toulas
- June 02, 2024
- 10:16 AM
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Police seize record 50,000 Bitcoin from now-defunct piracy site

The police in Saxony, eastern Germany, have seized 50,000 Bitcoin from the former operator of the pirate site movie2k.to through a voluntary deposit to a state-controlled wallet.
- Bill Toulas
- January 31, 2024
- 02:58 PM
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Cracked macOS apps drain wallets using scripts fetched from DNS records

Hackers are using a stealthy method to deliver to macOS users information-stealing malware through DNS records that hide malicious scripts.
- Bill Toulas
- January 22, 2024
- 05:27 PM
- 0
Pirate IPTV network in Austria dismantled and $1.74 million seized

The Austrian police have arrested 20 people across the country linked to an illegal IPTV network that, between 2016 and 2023, decrypted copyright-protected broadcasts and redistributed them to thousands of customers.
- Bill Toulas
- October 29, 2023
- 11:16 AM
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Rockstar Games reportedly sold games with Razor 1911 cracks on Steam

In an ironic twist, Rockstar Games reportedly uses pirated software cracks to remove its DRM from some games they sell on Steam.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 06, 2023
- 06:10 PM
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CEO guilty of selling counterfeit Cisco devices to military, govt orgs

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to importing and selling counterfeit Cisco networking equipment to various organizations, including education, government agencies, healthcare, and the military.
- Bill Toulas
- June 07, 2023
- 10:19 AM
- 3
Z-Library eBook site disrupted again by FBI domain seizures

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continues to disrupt the world's largest shadow eBook library, Z-Library, by seizing more domains used by the platform.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 05, 2023
- 05:05 PM
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U.S. charges Russian suspects with operating Z-Library e-Book site

Anton Napolsky (33) and Valeriia Ermakova (27), two Russian nationals, were charged with intellectual property crimes linked to Z-Library, a pirate online eBook repository.
- Bill Toulas
- November 17, 2022
- 08:04 AM
- 3
Police dismantle pirated TV streaming network with 500,000 users

The Spanish police have dismantled a network of pirated streaming sites that illegally distributed content from 2,600 TV channels and 23,000 movies and series to roughly 500,000 users.
- Bill Toulas
- November 16, 2022
- 09:55 AM
- 2
ACE seizes 42 soccer and live TV piracy web domains with millions of visitors

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has shut down 42 websites for the pirated streaming of televised soccer games and live TV, seizing their domains and taking down the illegal streaming services.
- Bill Toulas
- November 04, 2022
- 04:16 PM
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Z-Library eBook site domains seized by U.S. Dept of Justice

Internet domains for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository were seized early this morning by the U.S. Department of Justice, preventing easy access to the service.
- Bill Toulas
- November 04, 2022
- 01:53 PM
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Avaya sysadmin indicted for illegally generating, selling VoIP licenses

Three defendants who allegedly sold over $88 million worth of software licenses belonging to Avaya Holdings Corporation have been charged in Oklahoma, U.S., facing 14 counts of wire fraud and money laundering.
- Bill Toulas
- June 29, 2022
- 02:44 PM
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VPN provider bans BitTorrent after getting sued by film studios

"No logs" VPN provider TorGuard has reached a legal settlement with over two dozen movie studios that sued the company for encouraging piracy and copyright infringement. In the settlement, TorGuard has agreed to block BitTorrent traffic for its users.
- Ax Sharma
- March 12, 2022
- 11:01 AM
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Piracy OK: Russia to ease software licensing rules after sanctions

The Russian authorities are drafting a set of measures to support the country's economy against the pressure of foreign sanctions, and when it comes to software licensing, the proposal greenlights a form of piracy.
- Bill Toulas
- March 07, 2022
- 11:19 AM
- 0
Riskware Android streaming apps found on Samsung's Galaxy store

Samsung's official Android app store, called the Galaxy Store, has had an infiltration of riskware apps that triggered multiple Play Protect warnings on people's devices.
- Bill Toulas
- December 28, 2021
- 11:38 AM
- 0
Microsoft offers 50% subscription discounts to Office pirates

Microsoft is offering discounts of up to 50% on Microsoft 365 subscriptions to those using pirated versions of Microsoft Office willing to switch to a genuine version.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 06, 2021
- 10:30 AM
- 6
Malicious KMSPico installers steal your cryptocurrency wallets

Threat actors are distributing altered KMSpico installers to infect Windows devices with malware that steals cryptocurrency wallets.
- Bill Toulas
- December 04, 2021
- 12:06 PM
- 3
DOJ: Pirated sports streamer hacked accounts, extorted MLB

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has charged a man for illegally streaming MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL games via the web and hacking into sports leagues' customer accounts.
- Bill Toulas
- October 29, 2021
- 09:56 AM
- 0
ACE takes down Electro TV Sat pirate streaming service

ACE (Alliance for Creativity) has forced Electro TV Sat offline following a crackdown operation in Morocco, where the pirate streaming platform was based.
- Bill Toulas
- October 19, 2021
- 04:26 AM
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