Italian Police Target “Previously Unseen” Streaming Piracy Tech That Looks Familiar (opens in new tab)

Italy's Guardia di Finanza dismantled a piracy system it says it had never seen until now, carrying out more than 100 searches and seizures. The system relied on an app called CinemaGoal that constantly passed on the access codes of legitimate Sky, DAZN, Netflix, Spotify and Disney+ accounts to its customers. The police describe the technique only in broad terms, but it may not be as new as their headline suggests. From: