--- title: Italian police seize a piracy app that streamed Sky,... description: Italian financial police (Guardia di Finanza) dismantled CINEMAGOAL, a piracy app that streamed content from Sky, DAZN, Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/italian-police-seize-a-piracy-app-that-streamed-sky-dazn-and-netflix-through-hijacked-real-account-3rdkqgsnv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Italian police seize a piracy app that streamed Sky, DAZN, and Netflix through hijacked real accounts | daily.dev og:description: Italian financial police (Guardia di Finanza) dismantled CINEMAGOAL, a piracy app that streamed content from Sky, DAZN, Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/italian-police-seize-a-piracy-app-that-streamed-sky-dazn-and-netflix-through-hijacked-real-account-3rdkqgsnv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3rdkqGSNv.png og:image:alt: Italian police seize a piracy app that streamed Sky, DAZN, and Netflix through hijacked real accounts 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. # Italian police seize a piracy app that streamed Sky, DAZN, and Netflix through hijacked real accounts **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Italian financial police (Guardia di Finanza) dismantled CINEMAGOAL, a piracy app that streamed content from Sky, DAZN, Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify by decrypting live streams using credentials from fictitious but legitimate subscriber accounts. Virtual machines refreshed subscription codes every three minutes and relayed them to paying users, with no traceable IP tied to viewing sessions. Over 100 searches were conducted across Italy, France, and Germany via Eurojust. More than 70 resellers sold annual subscriptions for €40–€130, taking payment in cryptocurrency. Estimated damages stand at around €300 million. The first 1,000 identified subscribers face administrative fines, and charges include audiovisual piracy, unauthorized computer access, and computer fraud. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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