MUMBAI: As you may already know, Singapore’s High Court has ordered Internet service providers to block access to TV box applications that allow users to stream and download content like movies, TV shows and live sports channels. This follows the hearing of a motion filed in October by Singnet, Fox Networks Group Singapore, NGC Network Asia, Fox International Channels (US) and The Football Association Premier League. The Judicial Commissioner subsequently granted the proposed orders against eight authentication server domains.

In light of the above, we wanted to share a comment from Irdeto addressing the risks associated with accessing illegal content on such TV box applications, whether consumers do so knowingly or unknowingly, such as getting infected by malware or having one’s account credentials stolen and sold on the Dark Web for a profit. Feel free to use this comment in any follow up stories you might be working on.  

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