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SkyGrabber

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SkyGrabber
Developer(s)SkySoftware incl. Andrew Solonikov
Stable release
2.9.3 / March 5, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-03-05)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Available inEnglish & Russian
TypeComputer surveillance/Packet analyzer
LicenseShareware

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

History

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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]

See also

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References

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  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.