Xtream Codes IPTV System Targeted in Massive Police Operation (as per Torrentfreak)

Xtream Codes IPTV System Targeted in Massive Police Operation

By Andy on September 18, 2019
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Police in Italy have announced a huge anti-piracy operation against the company operating popular IPTV service management system Xtream Codes. Searches are reportedly underway in several countries including Italy, the Netherlands, France and Bulgaria, in a claimed effort to dismantle the company's entire infrastructure.

Reports of legal action and law enforcement activities against IPTV services and providers are a regular occurrence but news coming out of Italy this morning is particularly interesting.

According to the Guardia di Finanza (GdF), a law enforcement agency under the authority of the Minister of Economy and Finance, a huge operation is underway to target and dismantle the software service known as Xtream Codes.

What makes the case unusual is that Xtream Codes isn’t an IPTV provider as such. Usually operating from Xtream-codes.com, the company behind the software/system offers a comprehensive package that allows people to manage their own IPTV reselling service and its customers.

The system is subscription-based, starting at around 15 euros per month and running to 59 euros per month for the powerful “all-in-one” solution.

The Guardia di Finanza say that 100 officers from its Special Unit for the Protection of Privacy and Technological Fraud (NSPFT) are taking part in the operation to take Xtream Codes down.

Early reports suggest that the system has been “seized”, allegedly preventing 700,000 users from accessing the platform. Xtream Codes itself recently reported having more than 5,000 clients servicing in excess of 50,000,000 end clients.

The Italian police unit is describing Xtream Codes as an international criminal group that’s being targeted not only in Italy but with simultaneous searches in the Netherlands, France, Germany, Greece and Bulgaria.

Xtream Codes is registered as a company in Bulgaria, has a local VAT number, and lists an address in Petrich for its offices. According to its now-disappeared website, it was founded by two students. Police say that 25 “managers” have been identified but there’s no specific mention of any arrests.

Disruption is already being reported by some IPTV sellers utilizing the Xtream Codes system. Authorities in Italy are set to provide more information on the operation this morning so we’ll update this article as more news comes in.

soooooo time to move back to iks?
lol

website isn't live anymore
hxxps://forum.xtream-codes.com/

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Originally Posted by sugar mountain

website isn't live anymore
hxxps://forum.xtream-codes.com/

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forum is down but the host is still there for how long?
many good iptv services use them too bad.

what do all of that mean? les codes iptv will stop working in the future exemple usung smarters iptv pro apk?

Services will have to use alternative panels - like the original Stalker panel developed by Infomir - the MAG box manufacturer

or cracked version :)

So anyone that had credits on their panel just lost them?

most providers should still have a backup of there database

Ahh, well thats hopefully a relief. I assume that people will have to be switched over to a different panel as they expire then?

all depends on provider and software they decide to use

databases can be modified to work with most panels

they all mostly authenticate somewhat the same way

The cops said 800,000 subs were online when they shut it down....and that was the middle of the night in NA.

Code:

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http://www.eurojust.europa.eu/video/PressRecording-full-lowerres.mp4

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here is the press release video

my question is does this downtime affect conection by mac address or just connexion through codes?

I can't help to think Romie could have cut himself a deal... his operations stopped right about the time of the investigation mentioned in the video, around Sept 2018, could also explain why it was "bought" around that time, a "new" guy was suppose to manage it.

Smells like honeypot to me...