IPTV illegal: 130 net sites net, Dazn strikes a big blow against hacking

On April 6, when Belgian football fans were preparing to follow the play-offs, a hundred pirate sites evaporated from the web. Dazn, who recently lowered her pricessupported by 12th Player and the main Belgian access providers, launched an unprecedented offensive, combining dynamic blocking and access prohibition via public DNS. Objective: to cut digital derivatives to official retransmissions.

Dazn strikes hard, and for the first time, where it hurts

Dazn did not just make some pirate sites close. The group obtained, before the Brussels company court, a dynamic blocking system, this time armed with an additional component: the direct notice of public DNS operators. Clearly, Cloudflare, Google and Cisco have received the formal order to make more than 130 areas linked to iptv illicit services inaccessible, under penalty of € 100,000 fine per day.

This screw tour does not happen by chance. He was meticulously stalled to coincide with the second day of the Belgian championship play-offs. A chopped timing to maximize the impact – and the frustration of subscribers to illegal flows.

Public DNS: the parade that no longer works

So far, get around the blockages was simply to change DNS: a small detour by Cloudflare or Google, and the sites became accessible again. But this time, the authorities decided to cut this umbilical cord. For IPTV Pirates followers, the return to reality was brutal: no parade worked. Cisco, Google, Cloudflare… all forced to close the valves.

A strategy with the appearance of a European preceding

This type of ultra-coordinated blockage is a first in Belgium, but not in Europe. Italy and France had already laid the groundwork for this approachand Dazn seems determined to export the recipe. The use of the accelerated legal proceedings, established by the Belgian law of 2022, now allows the beneficiaries to strike quickly, strong, and without bordering on endless procedures.

There remains a question: to cut the access roads, is it sufficient when the hackers continue to accommodate the flows? Nothing is less certain. The blocking targets the envelope, not the heart. But for Dazn, it is a demonstration of force. A clear message: digital impunity has its limits – and they are dangerously close.