"ACE announced in a statement that it worked alongside Egyptian authorities to shut down the "notorious" platform, and The Athletic reports that after a year-long investigation Egyptian law enforcement carried out a sting on August 24th which disrupted the platform's streaming infrastructure. ACE claims that Streameast drew more than 1.6 billion visits across 80 domains over the past year, making it "the largest illicit live sports streaming operation in the world.""
"The outage has already been noticed by fans over the past week, timed as it was to coincide with the new soccer season in Europe, not that I would know anything about hunting down streams for Premier League games that don't get televised in the UK. It's probably also no coincidence that today's announcement comes the same week the NFL season starts."
Streameast, a major sports piracy platform, was shut down following cooperation between the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment and Egyptian authorities. A year-long investigation led to a law enforcement sting on August 24 that disrupted Streameast's streaming infrastructure. ACE reported more than 1.6 billion visits across 80 domains over the prior year and labeled Streameast the largest illicit live sports streaming operation globally. Fans reported outages timed with the start of the European soccer season and the NFL season. Numerous Streameast-like sites remain accessible, and ACE is investigating copycat domains and possible impersonators to determine any connections.
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