--- title: FIFA Hack could have been much worse | daily.dev description: A security researcher discovered exposed production streaming endpoints for FIFA World Cup 2026, hosted on MediaKind's infrastructure. The endpoints were live... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/fifa-hack-could-have-been-much-worse-mzfvwx1aw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: FIFA Hack could have been much worse | daily.dev og:description: A security researcher discovered exposed production streaming endpoints for FIFA World Cup 2026, hosted on MediaKind's infrastructure. The endpoints were live... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/fifa-hack-could-have-been-much-worse-mzfvwx1aw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/mzFVWX1Aw.png og:image:alt: FIFA Hack could have been much worse og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # FIFA Hack could have been much worse **[ThePrimeTime](https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A security researcher discovered exposed production streaming endpoints for FIFA World Cup 2026, hosted on MediaKind's infrastructure. The endpoints were live and unprotected, allowing access to real-time tactical camera feeds from stadiums across the US, Mexico, and Canada. The researcher was able to pull a live feed directly into VLC from Tokyo, highlighting a critical security gap that could have been exploited by malicious actors but apparently was not. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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