SkyGrabber

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SkyGrabber
Developer(s) SkySoftware incl. Andrew Solonikov
Stable release
2.9.3 / March 5, 2010;15 years ago (2010-03-05)
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Available in English & Russian
Type Computer surveillance/Packet analyzer
License Shareware

SkyGrabber is a software from the Russian company SkySoftware which accepts input from a digital satellite tuner card for hard drive recording.

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History

It was used by Iraqi insurgents from the group Kata'ib Hezbollah to intercept MQ-1 Predator drone video feeds, which were not encrypted. [1] [2] The encryption for the feeds was removed for performance reasons. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Cole, Siobhan Gorman, Yochi J. Dreazen and August (18 December 2009). "Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-07-19.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Iraq rebels 'hack into US drones'". BBC. 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
  3. ↑ "Iraqi insurgents hacked Predator drone feeds, U.S. official indicates - CNN.com". CNN . Retrieved 2016-07-19.


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