He added: “The puns write themselves in this investigation, and now instead of scoring a payday, Mr. “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,” Driscoll said. Driscoll, head of New York’s FBI office, said in a release that Streit - also known as Josh Brody - “hacked into the systems of several of our country’s biggest professional sports leagues and illegally streamed copyrighted live games.” It was not immediately clear who will represent him at an initial appearance in federal court in Minnesota.įederal authorities said Streit hacked into the computer systems of the MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL to stream copyrighted live games before trying to extort $150,000 from the MLB with threats to publicize alleged vulnerabilities in MLB’s internet infrastructure. Louis Park, Minnesota, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court with extortion, accessing a protected computer to commit fraud for personal gain, wire fraud and illicit digital transmission. NEW YORK (AP) - A Minnesota man was charged Thursday with trying to extort $150,000 from the MLB as he illegally streamed copyrighted content from major professional sports leagues online.
