US Seizes 400 Sites Illegally Streaming World Cup Matches
The operation targeted piracy networks that exposed viewers to malware and scams, officials said, as the tournament entered its knockout stage.
- On Friday, the Department of Justice announced the seizure of nearly 400 domains involved in unauthorized 2026 FIFA World Cup streaming, disrupting international networks profiting from real-time illegal broadcasts.
- Dubbed Operation Offsides, the initiative is led by the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center in coordination with Homeland Security Investigations and international law enforcement partners worldwide.
- Authorities targeted servers in Peru and Bulgaria, described as piracy centers, with additional disruptions in Croatia, Romania, Poland, and Colombia, assisted by FIFA, NBCUniversal, the UFC, and Warner Bros.
- Special Agent in Charge Eric Weindorf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations warned that illegal streaming exposes viewers to malware attacks and compromised personal and financial data.
- The knockout stage began Sunday with the final match set for July 19 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey; fans can watch legally via Fox, FS1, Telemundo, Universo, or Peacock.
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US seizes 400 sites illegally streaming World Cup matches
The United States Government has seized hundreds of internet domains that were engaged in the unauthorized streaming of matches in the 2026 FIFA World Cup in violation of U.S. copyright law. The Department of Justice said the approximately 400 sites affected used their domains for profit, to disrupt the international networks that profit from the global popularity of the football tournament. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of…
DOJ cracks down on illegal World Cup streams in 'Operation Offsides'
As World Cup matches continue across North America, U.S. officials are targeting one of the tournament’s biggest unofficial channels: illegal streams.On Friday, June 26, the Department of Justice announced that it had seized nearly 400 internet domains that were allegedly being used to illegally stream FIFA World Cup matches in real-time, which, according to the DOJ, is in violation of U.S. copyright law. This Tweet is currently unavailable. It …
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Just in time for the World Cup’s “knockout” round, the U.S. government announced the seizure of hundreds of internet domains that were illegally streaming broadcasts of matches. Nearly 400 sites were taken down, the Department of Justice said in a news release Friday. Authorities noted that unauthorized streaming presents other dangers beyond intellectual property theft. […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed! The post US racks up about …
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