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DOJ, FBI Bust Satellite Piracy Ring
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posted by scubacuda
on Thursday February 13, @12:46AM
from the satellite-"hobbyist" dept.
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DC.Internet.com (et al, including /.) reports that the FBI and DOJ have busted a ring developing and distributing software and hardware for pirating satellite television signals. The arrests were part of a yearlong investigation called "Operation Decrypt," which uncovered an alleged ring of hackers that used secret online chat rooms to exchange data and techniques to circumvent the security of Hughes Electronics unit DirecTV and EchoStar Communications' DISH Network. (One wonders how this might affect the many satellite "hobbyists" on the Net, particularly those w/instructions on how to reprogram Hu loader cards.)
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