US seizes 400 sites illegally streaming World Cup matches

​The United States Government has ​seized hundreds of net domains that were engaged successful the unauthorized streaming of matches successful the ​2026 FIFA World Cup successful usurpation of U.S. copyright law.

​The Department of Justice ​said the ​approximately 400 ​sites ​affected utilized their domains for profit, to disrupt the planetary networks that nett from the planetary popularity of the ​​football tournament.

Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen ​Duva of the ​DoJ’s Criminal Division​ said the cognition illustrates the ​U.S. respect for intelligence spot rights and ​its work arsenic a big nation​.

Duva added that the Criminal Division volition proceed to disrupt and, wherever appropriate, “seek to prosecute these sites and the subjects liable for this transgression activity.”

Special Agent successful Charge Eric ​Weindorf of I​CE HSI Washington Field Office​ said streamers not lone interruption copyright laws but besides exposure viewers to imaginable threats​ that tin compromise idiosyncratic and fiscal data.

​Weindorf noted that the website takedowns are a captious portion of HSI’s strategy to uphold intelligence spot laws, ​”ensuring fans person a harmless and authentic acquisition supporting their teams during the World Cup.”

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