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[FYI] DirecTV attacks hacked smart cards
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- Subject: [FYI] DirecTV attacks hacked smart cards
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:45:17 +0100
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16377.html
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DirecTV attacks hacked smart cards
By: Kevin Poulsen
Posted: 25/01/2001 at 19:26 GMT
Satellite television behemoth DirecTV struck a decisive blow against
signal pirates Sunday night, when it transmitted a carefully-crafted
electronic signal from its orbiting satellites and destroyed
thousands of hacked smart cards, which for the last four years
allowed pirates to gain free access to hundreds of channels of
programming
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