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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 2004-12-16
Anonymous
From working for DTV for 8 months, this comes as no surprise. DTV loves to sue over even possesing "pirating" technology, even large corporation who employ smart card technology for Id/authentication purposes. I love it. They sent out something like 135,000 cease letter or be taken to court. You can...

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