Nick Sommerlad

5 days ago | liverpoolecho.co.uk | Ben Hurst |Nick Sommerlad

Criminals are increasingly using illegal streams of live sport, particularly on devices like Amazon's £25 Fire Stick, not only to distribute unauthorised content but also to steal credit card information and install malware on users' gadgets. Enders Analysis has released a report highlighting the problem of pirated video as a lure set by criminals, criticising big tech for insufficient action against what it describes as "industrial scale theft".

6 days ago | msn.com | Nick Sommerlad

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1 week ago | msn.com | Nick Sommerlad

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

1 week ago | mirror.co.uk | Nick Sommerlad

Major warning issued to people using kit like Amazon Fire Sticks for illegal streamingThere are an estimated 17 million people in Europe using pirated TV services. Estimates of the cost vary between £900million and £21billion a year. A single pirate stream of a high-profile football match could have tens of thousands of viewersIllegal streams of live sport via kit like Amazon’s £25 Fire Stick are used by criminals to steal credit card details and infect users’ devices with malware.

1 month ago | somersetlive.co.uk | Nick Sommerlad |David Dubas-Fisher

A referee ended up tailgated by the deranged father of an under-15s boy he sent off just minutes earlier. The match official was left "very concerned" for his safety when the man overtook and blocked him in. The terrifying ordeal began after the game in Somerset last January. The ref told the FA how he was confronted after the final whistle by a parent who “jumped over the respect barrier and blocked my way”. The man ranted, “You fat c**t why don't you f**king retire, you d**khead".