(ANSA) – ROME, MAY 28 – The Special Privacy Protection and Technological Fraud Unit of the Guardia di Finanza has conducted a new investigation to combat audiovisual piracy after recording an increase in the sale of IPTV activities through illegal streaming on the occasion of last day of the Serie A championship and the Conference League final. In addition to the seizure of over 500 Web resources and the related 40 Telegram channels, a tracking system was implemented that made it possible to identify the users of the pirated flows.
Anyone who tried to connect to the pirated services was redirected to a special information panel that warned that the site through which the program was being viewed was seized and the connection data traced.
The consequent analyzes carried out by the investigators have, at present, made it possible to ascertain the existence of a new management system for IT flows, called “Stream Creed”, which appears to derive from the source code of the already known “Xtream Code”, a worldwide pirate platform. dismantled by the same Special Unit in 2019. “We renew our full support to the Police Forces daily committed to countering the phenomenon of piracy that annually generates considerable damage to our country system, with particular impact on the media and entertainment industry and on end customers – commented the CEO of Dazn Italia. Stefano Azzi -. Piracy affects the whole world of Ott players, not just Dazn. With the diversification of platforms and channels, the methods of piracy are also changing. Dazn’s anti-piracy division and its partners are already working to stop thousands of instances through law enforcement, injunctions oni and continuous innovation aimed at protecting subscribers “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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