Civil Guard agents belonging to the Technological Investigation Team (EDITE) of the Madrid Command, within the framework of ‘Operation Blue Corsair’, have deactivated one of the most important pirate streaming channels in Spain, Cristal Azul, which According to the authorities it had more than 78,000 members.
As reported by Benemérita in a statement, the body has identified and investigated the perpetrator for an alleged crime related to the market and consumers.
The operation ended with the investigation of a 37-year-old man for the fraud of 42,547,104 euros; blocking and deleting all channels of the messaging app snapshot where the matches were played, as well as the elimination of illegitimately used programming code.
Via KODI player or media centerwhich 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, It allowed the viewing of Spanish first and second division football 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.
In order to determine the authorship of the events, the investigation began with a focus on the ‘nicknames’ or pseudonyms that appear through the source code within the extension where paid football content was broadcast, for free. to more than 78,000 members.
After downloading the platform extension, it was found that it belonged to a specific user and, after searching the different police bases, the author was completely identified.
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