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Sapphire Secure IPTV is one of the most popular IPTV services available today.
As of this morning (Sunday, February 7th, 2021), Sapphire Secure has not been working.

We’ve received some questions asking about this and here is what we know so far.
It appears that Sapphire Secure got hacked and the person who did this is seeking ransom in the form of Bitcoin.
Early this morning, the official Sapphire Secure Website stated the following.

Down for Maintenance (Err 3)

Sapphirescure.net had been hacked!!!
Your IPTV provider from Manchester in the United Kingdom has not secured your details and put you at huge risk.  All the databases will be shared with the police and copyright protection agencies and posted online shortly.
Nathan has the option to still protect his customers and himself and stop this and there are two ways of him doing this, this is his choice and likely depends on how much he cares about his customers data.
The first way would be to pay 2BTC to 19SHpjhm3uCCfwRSzj1BcumEQnFsURQn9x and once received his insecurity will be given to him and database if he does not have a backup and this would be the end.  This would be less than 2 weeks income so a very fair offer, he has stolen huge amounts of revenue from broadcasters and the content that he steals he does not give away for free he profits from this so we are stealing from the thief.
The second way would be to close down (For real and not just change name) and then we would not leak the data as above but would require that any remaining subscriptions are refunded to customers as this is not their fault.
He has 12 hours to make his decision, Lets see if he values his customers or just there money.  If this message is deleted as we are sure it will be and we are not paid a copy will be emailed to all customers.
As of this post, the Sapphire Secure IPTV Website is no longer active and the above message is gone.

This is the same scenario we saw play out last year when multiple IPTV services were hit with the same hack and ransom request.

We don’t know what will ultimately happen with Sapphire Secure but for now it is offline and their IPTV service is no longer working.
Unfortunately, this is the risk users face when purchasing unverified IPTV services.  Unverified means that the IPTV service is not readily available through an official app store such as Amazon or Google Play.
Most unverified service applications must be sideloaded onto a streaming device because they can’t be found within reputable app stores.
You may find a list of the best verified and unverified services via the link below.
Best IPTV Services
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