The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) announced that it will start block the IPs of servers that sell pirated IPTV service. The action is part of a new plan to combat the use of clandestine decoders (TV Box).
According to the regulatory agency, the TV box market is very large in Europe and inspectors cannot overcome the speed of smugglers. Therefore, Anatel must now work on another front.
The objective of the Plan is, by means of an administrative measure, to act more quickly, compatible with the agility of suppliers of clandestine products. It is therefore expected to prevent or significantly impair the operation of such equipment and discourage its use.
In order for the IP of a central pirate IPTV server to be blocked, the agency must follow a series of procedures to prevent websites and other legal services from being affected.
Blocking starts with a complaint or identification that the servers activated by some TV Boxes are providing pirated content. That is, seized equipment will also be used to verify where the signal is coming from.
With this data in hand, Anatel determines the network blocking of these servers. For this, companies that provide internet must be communicated.
Anatel says that the blocking will be gradual, since new servers and IPs should end up appearing throughout the process.
During the announcement of the new action, the regulatory agency also presented a discovery made by reverse engineering work.
According to Anatel technicians, many TV Boxes carry malicious software (malware) capable of allowing criminals to take control of the home network to capture user data and information.
