On November 11, 2022, several popular IPTV forums and "gray market" tech blogs released a specific wave of free portal URLs and MAC addresses. These codes were designed to work with , an Android application that emulates the interface of hardware set-top boxes (like Mag boxes).

: Major UK ISPs began implementing more aggressive real-time blocking of these leaked portals.

Since late 2022, the "full story" of these free codes has shifted toward increased regulation.

: Inputting a leaked MAC address beginning with 00:1A:79 .