One of the victim sports leagues sustained losses of approximately $3 million due to STREIT’s conduct. STREIT obtained the copyrighted content by gaining unauthorized access to the websites for those sports leagues via misappropriated login credentials from legitimate users of those websites. Brody faces the possibility of a federal prison sentence as a penalty.”Īccording to the Complaint unsealed today in Manhattan federal court:īeginning in or about 2017, to in or about August 2021, JOSHUA STREIT a/k/a, “Joshua Brody,” the defendant, operated a website that streamed copyrighted content, primarily livestreamed games from major professional sports leagues, including MLB, the NBA, the NFL, and the NHL, which STREIT had no authorization to stream.
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. Brody hacked into the systems of several of our country’s biggest professional sports leagues and illegally streamed copyrighted live games. 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.”įBI Assistant Director Michael J. Furthermore, Streit allegedly hacked MLB’s computer systems and attempted to extort $150,000 from the league. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Joshua Streit is alleged to have illegally streamed sports content online from MLB, the NHL, the NBA, and the NFL for his own personal profit. magistrate judge in the District of Minnesota.
STREIT is expected to be presented today before a U.S. In addition, STREIT is charged with extortion for attempting to extort approximately $150,000 from MLB. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced that JOSHUA STREIT, a/k/a “Josh Brody,” was charged with conducting intrusions into Major League Baseball (“MLB”) computer systems, and illegally streaming copyrighted content from MLB, the National Basketball Association (“NBA”), the National Football League (“NFL”), and the National Hockey League (“NHL”), in connection with a website STREIT operated that offered the illegally streamed content to the public for profit.
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Michael J.
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