Pirate App Cinemagoal Shut Down by Italian Authorities
L'essentiel
- Italian authorities have shut down Cinemagoal, an app illegally rebroadcasting content from streaming services like Netflix and Disney+.
- The app used fake accounts and untraceable payment methods, including cryptocurrency.
Résumé généré par IA
Pourquoi c'est important
Cinemagoal was an app known for illegally rebroadcasting content from major streaming services. The Guardia di Finanza, an Italian law enforcement agency, conducted a nationwide operation against the app.
Cinemagoal, the app known for illegally rebroadcasting streaming content from Netflix, Disney+, Spotify and more, is the latest pirate ship to sink. The Guardia di Finanza, an Italian law enforcement agency under the country's Ministry of Economy and Finance, announced that it conducted more than 100 search and seizures across the country related to the Cinemagoal app.
The Italian authority said the app ran 24 hours a day, retransmitting access codes from legitimate subscriptions to fake accounts that streamed media to Cinemagoal subscribers. According to the Guardia di Finanza, the app's design was smart enough to get around a platform's security checks and didn't require a connection to a user's IP address, making it harder to track. Cinemagoal subscriptions went for 40 to 130 euros, between $46 to $151, a year and were paid through hard-to-trace methods, like cryptocurrency or fake foreign bank accounts, the Italian agency said.
Questions ouvertes
- Were any individuals arrested in connection with Cinemagoal?
- What is the estimated financial loss to the affected streaming services?
- How many users were subscribed to Cinemagoal?
- What specific cryptocurrencies were used for payments?
