However, if he pays or shuts down they will not, since this is not their fault. If the owner of the platforms doesn’t pay, then customers will be punished. On the surface, the demands seem somewhat contradictory. The demand is for the services to completely shut down, with no chance of a resurrection, while refunding money back to subscribers to compensate them for their lack of service, “as this is not their fault.” Strangely, the hacker also gives the owner of both and a way out without having to pay a ransom. “e has stolen huge amounts of revenue from broadcasters and the content that he steals he does not give away for free he profits from this so we are stealing from the thief ,” the announcement reads.
The amount is 2 BTC, which at current rates is around US$94,000, although it is not entirely clear whether this amount has to be paid overall or for each site hacked.Īccording to the hacker, the bitcoin demanded has been balanced to account for the amount of money generated by the service(s), with 2 BTC estimated as less than two weeks’ revenue. In common with previous attacks against IPTV providers, these IPTV brands (which appear to have the same underlying service) are being ordered to pay a bitcoin ransom to prevent the above threats being carried out. It also follows up with a threat to leak the personal information of staff members. The message on KS-Hosting goes a step further, again naming the individual allegedly behind both platforms while providing information relating to his current address, former address, and even his ISP. has the option to still protect his customers and himself and stop this and there are two ways of him doing this, this is his choice and likely depends on how much he cares about his customers data.” All the databases will be shared with the police and copyright protection agencies and posted online shortly. “Your IPTV provider from in the United Kingdom has not secured your details and put you at huge risk. The messages that appeared on both sites are similar and it seems from the timing that SapphireSecure was taken down first, displaying a “Down for Maintenance” error and the following text. Apparently connected by ownership, the platforms went down and began displaying similar messages on their homepages indicating that they had been seriously compromised. Two Linked Suppliers Targeted in New Hacksĭuring the past two days, a pair of UK-based IPTV suppliers – and – became victims in what appears to be a series of hacks carried out by the same individual. However, that is proving no deterrent to an individual behind a series of hacks targeting pirate IPTV providers over the past couple of years.
In most countries blackmail is a very serious offense resulting in considerable jail sentences.
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