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DirecTV hacker sentenced to seven years
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-12-10

A Canadian man was sentenced to seven years in a U.S. prison this week after admitting he led a sophisticated satellite TV piracy ring that produced and sold thousands of hacked smart cards in the U.S. and Canada.

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DirecTV hacker sentenced to seven years 2004-12-15
Anonymous (1 replies)
DirecTV hacker sentenced to seven years 2004-12-16
Anonymous
The loss estimates are quite rediculous. Anyone that uses a pirate card is unwilling to pay anyway. Maybe they are out a few pay per views a year, but these people dont want to pay

Receiving the signal costs DirectTV NOTHING.

They bloat the figures to raise the bar on punishment.

Doing some time for getting caught at this crime is justifiable. Owing DirectTV $24m is stupid.

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