C/P for Satellite News Online NDS Europe hack problem // 2008-11-30 There is a buzz on the European underground forums about NDS hack..... IKS (Internet Key Sharing)is being discussed using open source/Linux base FTA receivers like DreamBox, Triple Dragon, Humax, Relook, Qbox etc.... I will not be surprised if this surface up in North America soon.
This was also posted on one of the Czech satellite information site.
"Nordic satellite pay-TV platform Viasat, which uses the NDS Videoguard Conditional Access System, has been hit by a wave of Satellite Piracy. Already in October, there were errors being exploited in the super-secure NDS Videoguard system.
Emulators have emerged on the Black Market which allow viewing of encrypted programming on Viasat's Sirius satellites (5 ° E). Similar problems were previously reported on the German "Premiere" platform shortly after implementation of Videoguard Encryption. It now appears operators may have major problems with unauthorized reception of pay-tv programming.
At the present time, Irdeto, Viaccess and Conax are experiencing the biggest problems. Currently, Viaccess PC 3.0 is the most secure, and it is "a matter of time" before older systems such as Viaccess PC 2.5 and 2.6 are switched to 3.0 or another system. According to unofficial information, the Russian pay-TV provider NTV Plus is now considering a switch to a different encryption system, because of the constant hacker attacks on the Viaccess system.
Irdeto, particularly in the Arab world, faces major problems: "Virtually all packets coded in this system have been broken"."
