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- A Minnesota man who tried to extort Major League Baseball while streaming copyrighted content from various professional sports leagues was charged on Thursday.
- Streit allegedly hacked into computer systems of the MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL, and then attempted to extort $150,000 from the MLB, threatening to expose the leagues internet infrastructure vulnerabilities.
- “Thanks to this Office’s teamwork with all four major American sports leagues and the FBI, Streit has struck out on his illegal streaming and extortion scheme,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said.
A Minnesota man who tried to extort Major League Baseball while streaming copyrighted content from various professional sports leagues was charged on Thursday, authorities said.
Thirty-year-old Joshua Streit was charged in a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court with extortion, accessing a protected computer to commit fraud for personal gain, wire fraud and illicit digital transmission, according to a Justice Department news release.
Streit allegedly hacked into computer systems of the MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL and attempted to extort $150,000 from the MLB, threatening to expose the leagues internet infrastructure vulnerabilities, authorities said
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Head of New York’s FBI office, Michael J. Driscoll, said in a release that Streit, also known as Joshua Brody, “hacked into the systems of several of our country’s biggest professional sports leagues and illegally streamed copyrighted live games.”
“Instead of quitting while he was ahead, he allegedly decided to continue the game by extorting one of the leagues, threatening to expose the very vulnerability he used to hack them,” Driscoll continued. “Now instead of scoring a payday, Mr. Brody faces the possibility of a federal prison sentence as a penalty.”
One of the leagues claims it lost $3 million to Streit’s scheme, which lasted from 2017 to 2021.
“Thanks to this Office’s teamwork with all four major American sports leagues and the FBI, Streit has struck out on his illegal streaming and extortion scheme,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said.
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Published on Oct 28,2021