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Re:Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s (2020) by ajb on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:50AM (#31678623)
A while back (probably 10+ years) I read a cool article on the cat and mouse game between cable TV hackers and the security team at one of the big US cable TV companies. At a certain point, the hackers had the upper hand and had broken the security of the smart cards which were in use. But the security team turned it round by delivering a sequence of small, seemingly innocuous OTA updates to the card software, locking hackers out of the population of valid cards. Or something like that. Does anyone remember this article/event?
Re:Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s (2020) by ayende on Thursday June 09, 2022 @04:17AM (#31678788)
Re:Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s (2020) by jaywalk on Thursday June 09, 2022 @10:14AM (#31681408)
This event was what got me interested in satellite TV hacking. Fun times back then.
Re:Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s (2020) by ajb on Thursday June 09, 2022 @07:54AM (#31680056)
That was it! Thank you.
Re:Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s (2020) by FreezingKeeper on Thursday June 09, 2022 @06:58AM (#31679705)
How about the time when one pay TV company (Sky, owned by News Corp at the time) was said to have hacked a rival and released the hack on the internet for pirates to use?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17522112

Re:Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s (2020) by ajb on Thursday June 09, 2022 @07:55AM (#31680070)
That was amusing as well
Re:Discret 11, the French TV encryption of the 80s (2020) by mcwhy on Thursday June 09, 2022 @03:56AM (#31678650)
Those games are still going on, and according to various sat-tv forums recently movistar is fairly successful at it.