Federal investigators have charged Joshua Streit, a Minnesota man, with illegally streaming sports games and attempting to extort approximately $150,000 from Major League Baseball. According to a criminal complaint, Streit, 30, is accused of illegally hacking into the league’s streaming websites using login credentials from authorized users. The copyrighted content would then be showcased through a platform Streit operated for paying subscribers. Content included that from the National Basketball Association, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, and MLB. This scheme was carried out from 2017 through to August 2021. One of the victim sports leagues has apparently sustained a loss to the tune of $3 million due to this activity. Streit, who is also known as Joshua Brody, is facing federal charges for illegally penetrating into MLB’s internet infrastructure and then demanding money to keep quiet about the vulnerabilities. “Instead of quitting while he was ahead, he allegedly …