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Italy disrupts CINEMAGOAL piracy app that stole streaming auth codes

ID: 939f9b99-4eec-5bdd-a994-f9cecc3a6b73

STIX ID: report--939f9b99-4eec-5bdd-a994-f9cecc3a6b73

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2026-05-23

Date Updated: 2026-05-23

Author: Bill Toulas

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Italian authorities dismantled CINEMAGOAL, a sophisticated piracy service that used virtual machines to harvest valid streaming authentication/decryption codes from legitimate subscriptions and redistributed them via an app to subscribers and resellers; law enforcement conducted 100 searches, seized servers in France and Germany, identified many subscribers and resellers, estimated ~€300M in unpaid revenues, and issued penalties while the investigation continues.

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