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How Do I Crack Satellite and Cable Pay TV? (33c3)

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  • A classic. People kept recommending it from 2017 to 2020.
  • Presented by Chris Gerlinsky

Advanced. Deep dive for people who know the field.

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Chris Gerlinsky explains how he reverse engineered and cracked a secure satellite and cable TV conditional access system using hardware hacking techniques.

media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8127-how_do_i_crack_satellite_and_cable_… Follow the steps taken to crack a conditional access and scrambling system used in millions of TV set-top-boxes across North America. From circuit board to chemical decapsulation, optical ROM extraction, glitching, and reverse engineering custom hardware cryptographic features. This talk describes the techniques used to breach the security of satellite and cable TV systems that have remained secure after 15+ years in use. ['Chris Gerlinsky']

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What people say. Recommended as an excellent introduction to reverse engineering and hardware security.

u/Calkhasin r/C_Programming • Recommends

On “How does one protect against reverse engineering ?”

Not exactly relevant, and there's no C, but this is one of the best introductions to reverse engineering I have seen. Check it out! link to this video The interesting part is how long it took to break this system. As far as I know it was not broken for decades, but that might be a lack of professional interest.
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u/MonstarGamingin r/netsec • Recommends

Presentation about the insane amount of work that went into cracking satellite and cable TV encryption
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