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n this photo illustration, the video streaming apps Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Paramount Plus, Max and Discovery Plus seen displayed on a smartphone. The Department of Justice took down IPTV sites that were illegally streaming content from the apps. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

DOJ seizes piracy sites, Italian police dismantle illegal IPTV operation

Officials took down three U.S.-registered domains that distributed copyrighted content and received tens of millions of visits a year.

Jan 30, 2026 By Matt Kapko

Egyptian police confiscated three laptops, four smartphones and Visa cards during an coordinated law enforcement action to shut down Streameast (Egyptian Police via ACE)

Streameast, world’s largest pirated live sports network, shut down by Egyptian authorities

An antipiracy coalition of entertainment companies applauded the takedown. The network’s two operators were arrested at their residences in Egypt.

Sep 3, 2025 By Matt Kapko

Shakhtar Donetsk’s Ukrainian midfielder #10 Georgiy Sudakov (C) vies for the ball during the UEFA Champions League football match FC Shakhtar Donetsk vs BSC Young Boys in Gelsenkirchen, western Germany, on November 6, 2024. Hackers were recently found to be exploiting Jupyter notebooks to host illegal streams of this particular Champions League game. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

Attackers are hijacking Jupyter notebooks to host illegal Champions League streams

Normally reserved for data analysis, a cybersecurity firm caught online content pirates hosting soccer matches.

Nov 19, 2024 By Christian Vasquez

Warsaw, Poland. (Kamil Porembiński/Flickr CC BY SA 2.0)

Alleged KickassTorrents founder Artem Vaulin jumped bail in Poland

Vaulin had been released in Warsaw in 2017.

Oct 20, 2020 By Jeff Stone