Civil Guard agents belonging to the Technological Investigation Team (EDITE) of the Madrid Command, within the framework of “Operation Corsario Azul”, have managed to identify and investigate the perpetrator of the events for an alleged crime related to the market and consumers.
Through the KODI multimedia player or center, which allows you to organize and reproduce various types of digital media (videos, images and audios) in delayed, online or streaming, the researchers detected that one of the extensions or “add on” created by a developer external to the platform, allowed viewing of Spanish first and second division soccer matches for free.
As described, the investigation focused on finding out the place where the football matches were being broadcast. Following the steps of the source code of the extension or “add on” and after different searches for information, they managed to obtain said place, one of the most used instant messaging platforms in Spain.
Finally, in order to determine the authorship of the events, the investigation begins focusing on the “nicknames” or pseudonyms that appear through the source code within the extension or “add on” where the paid football content was broadcast. , free of charge to more than 78,000 members.
Finally, after downloading the extension or “add on” of the platform, it was possible to verify that it belonged to a specific user and, after searches in the different police bases, the author was completely identified.
The operation culminated in the investigation of a 37-year-old man for a crime related to the market and consumers after the fraud of 42,547,104 euros; the blocking and elimination of all channels of the instant messaging application where the matches were played, as well as the elimination of the programming code used illegitimately.
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