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Scammers found a way to exploit official EU websites by redirecting users to streaming piracy scams. The fraudulent pages, promising free content such as Super Bowl streams, ranked high in Google search results. After being alerted, EFSA quickly shut down the compromised subdomain, but similar threats persist across other official EU websites and beyond. How […]

U.S. law enforcement has ramped up efforts against pirate sports streaming websites, seizing dozens of domains during the Super Bowl. The timing of the takedown suggests a deliberate move to disrupt unauthorized viewing of one of the most-watched broadcasts in the country. Super Bowl Sparks Anti-Piracy Efforts The Super Bowl attracts massive audiences, both through

The decline of cable TV continued in 2024 as two of the most popular providers lost nearly 3 million subscribers from their TV customer base. Comcast, one of the nation’s leading telecommunications services had a difficult 2024 with over 1.5 million TV customers cancelling their subscription along with 400,000+ internet subscribers. This amounts to over

A new report has revealed a massive rise in pirate IPTV streaming in Sweden. Between spring and fall of 2024, pirate IPTV subscriptions increased by 25%, with an estimated 700,000 households now paying for access to unauthorized live TV and on-demand content. This surge presents a growing challenge for the Swedish government, which is under

The United States is taking another step toward blocking access to pirate websites. Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), a bill that would allow rightsholders to obtain court-ordered site blocks against proven piracy websites. These blocking orders would apply to internet service providers (ISPs) and DNS resolvers, a move that

Netflix is increasing prices again on all plans in the United States, Canada, and various other countries for 2025. This comes after the organization had its largest ever jump in subscribers, adding 19 million in the last quarter of 2024. Netflix is without question the most popular streaming app in the world used by millions

A man operating a pirate IPTV service from his home in Birmingham, UK, has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. Gary McNally, 55, pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges for running what authorities described as a “sophisticated” illegal streaming platform. The case highlights the increasing crackdown on IPTV in the UK and

MissAV, one of Asia’s top adult streaming platforms, has suffered a significant legal defeat. A U.S. federal court recently ordered the platform’s operators to pay $4.5 million in damages for copyright infringement, following the seizure of several of its domain names, including MissAV.com. This case marks a major step forward in the fight against piracy