Tweet

DBS Pirates Zapped by DirecTV

By BroadCasting & Cable Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/28/2001 7:00:00 PM

Pirates stealing DirecTV's signals using a specially hacked smart card were foiled by an electronic countermeasure sent out by the DBS service. Twice last week, DirecTV sent the final steps in special software had been apparently sending out in small segments over several weeks. DirecTV has regularly sent out "electronic countermeasures" since its encryption scheme was first compromised shortly after the DBS service went on the air. But rarely has it been so effective, judging from the traffic on several hacking Web sites. One decryption-card supplier said he hasn't found a way around this latest defense-yet. DirecTV would not comment.

Tweet

Talkback

We would love your feedback!

Post a comment

» View All Talkback Threads

Related Content

• Topics
• Author
• Most Popular Pages

No related content found.

Also by this author

• Technology Leadership Summit 2011

• WGA Announces TV Noms

• Cable Ratings: 'Top Chef' Finale Draws 3.4 Million

• Leo Wolinsky Named Editor of Daily Variety

• CAB: Cable Ad Spending Grows to $18.7B in '09

Also by Staff Staff

Most Popular Pages

No Top Articles

• Resource Center
• Browse Categories
• Browse Companies

Featured Company

• Digital Rapids

  

  Digital Rapids provides market-leading software and hardware solutions, technology and expertise for transforming live and on-demand video to reach wider audiences on the latest viewing platforms more efficiently, more effectively and more profitably. Empowering applications from..more

---

Most Recent Resources

• The New Normal for Promoting Tune-in
• Achieving Operational Freedom in Digital Media Workflows