More than 1,000 domains illegally streaming World Cup games seized, DOJ says
Over the course of the World Cup tournament, the Department of Justice seized more than 1,000 domains for illegally streaming games.
One day after the World Cup wrapped up with a victory for Spain, the Department of Justice announced that over the course of the tournament it seized more than 1,000 domains that illegally streamed games.
The domains were disabled in three successive operations led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. In June, HSI announced it had seized nearly 400 domains pirating the matches. At the time, federal officials said the servers and domains involved were targeted in Bulgaria and Peru, both hubs for illegal streaming operators.
The effort is about more than intellectual property protection, federal officials said, citing the “risk to American consumers from the malicious software embedded in many illicit streaming services.”
Source: https://therecord.media/world-cup-illegal-streams-doj
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