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Italian police seize a piracy app that streamed Sky, DAZN, and Netflix through hijacked real accounts

This article was published on May 22, 2026 Operazione Tutto Chiaro hit more than 100 sites across Italy, France, and Germany, targeting a system that rebroadcast legitimate subscription codes every three minutes. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza said on Friday it had dismantled an audiovisual piracy operation that streamed paid content from Sky, DAZN, Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify to thousands of subscribers using an app called CINEMAGOAL. Officers carried out more than 100 searches and seizures across Italy on Thursday, with parallel actions in France and Germany coordinated through Eurojust. The investigation was directed by the Bologna prosecutor’s office and led by the Ravenna unit of the financial police. What investigators describe is unusual enough to warrant attention. CINEMAGOAL did not stream from an unauthorised library in the conventional sense. Installed on a customer’s device, the app reached out to a foreign server and decrypted live audiovisual content using the credentials of legitimate subscriptions held by fictitious account holders. Virtual machines positioned on Italian territory captured the active subscription codes every three minutes and relayed them, almost in r

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The return of France’s train of marvels: from the Côte d’Azur to the Southern French Alps

The reopened Train de Merveilles route takes passengers from the glamour of Nice to a grandiose alpine landscape Nine-thirty on a sunny Tuesday morning, and the platforms at Nice-Ville station are buzzing. Office…

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Italian police seize a piracy app that streamed Sky, DAZN, and Netflix through hijacked real accounts

This article was published on May 22, 2026 Operazione Tutto Chiaro hit more than 100 sites across Italy, France, and Germany, targeting a system that rebroadcast legitimate subscription codes every three minutes.…

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The reopened Train de Merveilles route takes passengers from the glamour of Nice to a grandiose alpine landscape Nine-thirty on a sunny Tuesday morning, and the platforms at Nice-Ville station are buzzing. Office workers nudge their way…

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T2 · Outlet reportCNNMay 23, 2026

In our roundup of travel stories this week, America’s most underrated destinations, the world’s most dangerous bowl of soup, plus how two US families’ lives changed when they relocated from the States to Italy, Ireland and Germany.…

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T2 · Outlet reportThe Next WebMay 22, 2026

This article was published on May 22, 2026 Operazione Tutto Chiaro hit more than 100 sites across Italy, France, and Germany, targeting a system that rebroadcast legitimate subscription codes every three minutes. Italy’s Guardia di Finanza…

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