How to Hack Directv Satellite h and Hu Cards - Download as PDF File (.pdf), Text file (.txt) or read online. How to Hack Directv Satellite h and Hu Cards. How to Hack Smart Cards for satellite TVs. Notorious hacker Chris Tarnovsky opens his underground laboratory to WIRED, providing a peek into the world of satellite television smart-card hacking. Tutorial: Satellite TV Smart Card Hack. Here's a great hack for a smart card chip. Acetone and hydrochloric acid are used to reveal the chip. Then by drilling a hole, this can even access the control line and data bus. Satellite television behemoth DirecTV struck a decisive blow against signal pirates Sunday night, when it transmitted a carefully crafted electronic message from its orbiting satellites and destroyed thousands of hacked smart cards, which for the last four years allowed pirates to gain free access to hundreds of channels of programming.
Signals were obtained for distribution by cable companies using C-band satellite dish antennae of up to ten feet in. The information on how to hack the card is normally held within small, underground groups, to which public access is not. The refusal of most providers to knowingly issue subscriptions outside their home country leads to a situation where pirate decryption is perceived as being one of the few ways to obtain certain programming. If there is no domestic provider.
How to Hack Smart Cards for satellite TVs « Hacks, Mods & Circuitry. Notorious hacker Chris Tarnovsky opens his underground laboratory to WIRED, providing a peek into the world of satellite television smart- card hacking. This complicated process involves nail polish, a pin head and various acids - - so don't try this at home (unless you're Chris Tarnovsky)! Chances are you won't even know what's going on here, but that's not going to stop you from watching this video tutorial on how to reverse- engineer a satellite TV smart card, is it?
He uses acetone to strip the chips. He also uses hydrochloric acid to reveal the chip. He burns a hole through the second layer of metal on the smart card.
DirecTV Strikes Back at Hackers. By MAY WONG. S A N J O S E, Calif. Email — After years of playing cat-and-mouse with hackers, the nation's leading provider of satellite TV service struck back with an electronic attack so overwhelming that pirates. events. This is especially popular in Canada, where DirecTV is not licensed to provide service, and where selling hacked access cards and equipment is not a crime. DirectTV has previously sent out signals to shut down the cards and hackers. Pay-TV smartcard hacking – how easy is it? March 29, 2012 1.15pm EDT. James H. Hamlyn-Harris. Author. The smartcard is a plastic card with a chip - much like a modern credit card. You can see electrical contacts on the chip. There are also dedicated forums online to help would-be criminals access satellite TV and Pay-TV without a subscription.
He then uses a micropositioner and a sewing needle to open the data bus and access the control line.