Last night I had a connection over the Internet to TVHeadend watching a couple of TV Channels. The connection was using VLC Media Player over HSTP and the ip address was registered from another ISP from within NZ. I had port forwarded both 9981 and 9982 because a couple of months ago I was testing the tvheadend android app over the Internet which required those ports. HTSP didn't have a password but for port 9981 I had set a password. I also have a secure reverse proxy for port 9981 to port 443 - tvheadend.mydomain.com
So.. What on earth? I wasn't me and I highly doubt it was anyone I know. I'm absolutely stumped and very creeped out about it. How did they (if it was a they) connect to it, find it and know how to stream a channel?
For now on, I have disabled port forwarding for 9981 and 9982 and for streaming I'll use Emby/Plex tvheadend plugins going forward.