Spain cracks down on pay TV hackers

[Satdude]

Spain cracks down on pay TV hackers

The Spanish police has disbanded a network of pay-TV hackers by arresting 27 people across the country who would have defrauded the pay-TV companies of E10 million. Amonsgt the detainees there are 10 distributors of keys and codes through the Internet, nine sellers of manipulated set-top-boxes and eight responsible for local TV channels.

The pirates used three methods: First, the sale through the Internet of manipulated set-top-boxes that allowed illegal access to the pay-TV offer.

The second method was the sale of keys and codes to decrypt the signal via web pages which, in some cases, registered more than 10 million visits in less than 5 months. Some web pages provided the keys and codes via SMS. Some other pages allowed the downloading of programs to have access through the Internet to International TV channels, mainly from China, that broadcast football events only available on pay-per-view in Spain.

The third method was implemented by some local TV stations which became cable TV networks to re-broadcast the pay-TV signal to its viewers without a legal licence or authorisation.

Regards Satdude.

 

[andyw37]

Satdude,

Have you a link to where this info came from ?

Cheers

 

[4dbennett]

Spain cracks down on pay TV hackers

The Spanish police has disbanded a network of pay-TV hackers by arresting 27 people across the country who would have defrauded the pay-TV companies of E10 million. Amonsgt the detainees there are 10 distributors of keys and codes through the Internet, nine sellers of manipulated set-top-boxes and eight responsible for local TV channels.

The pirates used three methods: First, the sale through the Internet of manipulated set-top-boxes that allowed illegal access to the pay-TV offer.

The second method was the sale of keys and codes to decrypt the signal via web pages which, in some cases, registered more than 10 million visits in less than 5 months. Some web pages provided the keys and codes via SMS. Some other pages allowed the downloading of programs to have access through the Internet to International TV channels, mainly from China, that broadcast football events only available on pay-per-view in Spain.

The third method was implemented by some local TV stations which became cable TV networks to re-broadcast the pay-TV signal to its viewers without a legal licence or authorisation.

Regards Satdude.

What,s the origin of this info,

deep joy

dave

 

[paranoid87]

hmm..

poor thing they got caught.......anyways what you sow is what you reap..

though key wasnt exactly a seed

As others asked too...any source ?

 

[misterminibus]

Bummer....
Thats not what you want...

 

[rolfw]

_http://www.advanced-television.com/2007/oct15_oct19.htm#we

But there isn't any more there than has benn quoted here I'm afraid.

 

[ArPCPro]

...Some other pages allowed the downloading of programs to have access through the Internet to International TV channels, mainly from China, that broadcast football events only available on pay-per-view in Spain.

This part is stupid. It should not be considered illegall to see free channels from other countries.

 

[rolfw]

They probably aren't free until somebody subscribes and then streams them over the internet, a bit like the flood of DVD copies coming into Europe from the same source.

 

[dig deep]

Everything is free in America

but not in China

Still, when pirates get to big, asking for too much money, the police will(sooner or later) react.

Don´t think that U and I would be in trouble, they are asking for bigger fish