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IPTV: the incredible story of this hacker who pretended to be a police officer

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In general, IPTV resellers are extremely discreet. They never provide any information about their business or their domicile to their customers. An American citizen chose a different approach to seduce potential fraudsters.

Reassure customers

TorrentFreak returns to the case of this pirate known under the pseudonym Moy. Based in Illinois, the latter is said to have provided illegal subscriptions to more than 500 sellers according to the plaintiffs. Nearly 450,000 users are said to have used this service, which allowed access to a wide range of content for $20 per month.

So far, there is nothing very original and we have already been able to observe similar cases. But Moy went further to convince his interlocutors to subscribe to his offers. And for good reason, he claimed to be a police officer from the Chicago area.

Quoted by our colleagues, the plaintiffs argue as follows:

Moy's resellers were informed that he was a law enforcement officer and that this message was distributed in Telegram groups, including by group moderators working for Moy. Based on information and belief, Moy used his alleged association with law enforcement to market the service to users and resellers and alleviate potential concerns about the service's illegality.

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A Very Cautious Hacker

The cautious man prohibited resellers from displaying ” videos or photos of channel programming “ of Moy's service on social networks. They were also not to use certain keywords, such as ” IPTV, Stream, cable “.

Customers were also asked not to mention the exact reason for their transfers so as not to arouse suspicion. These precautions were not enough. The plaintiffs are now demanding $1,125,000,000 in statutory damages, the specialist site said.

Other profiles of original pirates

This is not the first time that we have discovered a suspected pirate with an atypical profile. We recently told you about Paul Merrell, a 42-year-old man who was not predestined for this. He was actually the deputy headmaster of a school in the United Kingdom and had no criminal record.

Brilliant in his role and appreciated by all, he even received universal praise for his actions. However, he allegedly set up a vast and very lucrative IPTV network and ended up getting caught. More information about its history in our previous article here.

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Teilor Stone

Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116

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