Illegal streaming websites make it easy for hackers to crack open your phone (Picture: Getty/Metro) Hackers are stealing nearly £1,700 from people who illegally stream movies or TV shows, researchers have told Metro. One in five (18%) people reported a malware infection – software that allows people to hijack their devices – 12 months after illegally streaming. With malware installed on the victim’s phones and computers, attackers were able to crack open their bank accounts and steal their money. Two in five (41%) of illegal streamers lost, on average, £1,680, a survey of 2,000 people by BeStreamWise, an initiative established to counter illegal streaming, found. Seven in 10 (68%) illegal streamers do so on a work phone, while almost six in 10 (58%) have streamed illegally on a work laptop