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*---------------- Syndicated Hack Watch - 03:1994 ---------------*
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*-------------- Special Projects BBS +353-51-50143 --------------*
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*-------------- SysOp: John McCormac --------------*
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*------------- (c) 1993 MC2 (Publications Division) -------------*
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*--------------- 22 Viewmount, Waterford Ireland ----------------*
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Syndicated Hack Watch is copyrighted material. All unauthorised
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reproduction whether in whole or in part, in any language will be
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suitably dealt with.
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Contact Numbers:
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Voice: +353-51-73640
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Fax: +353-51-73640
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BBS: +353-51-50143 HST - Special Projects BBS
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E-mail: mc2@cix.compulink.com.uk
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FidoNet: 2:263/402
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New 09 Smart Card From Sky
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It appears that Sky and News Datacom are to bring in a new smart
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card in time for the April 1994 Cable and Satellite Show. The move
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is surprising considering the events of the last few months.
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The new 09 Sky card is believed to dark blue in colour with the
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Sky logo in yellow. Some people who have received their new cards
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have remarked on the similarity to something that KYTV would put
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out.
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The new smart card already has acquired the nick name of the "John
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Player Specials" after the brand of cigarettes. No doubt there
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will be some very witty pirate advertising on the theme of death
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and smoking.
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At this point in time the actual chip used in the 09 smart card is
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not known. It is rumoured that the smart card is using the same
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chip as the 07 smart card. If this is indeed the case, then it
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appears that Sky and News Datacom believe that the security of the
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07 smart card was not compromised. Of course there could be some
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added traps in the new smart card designed specifically to prevent
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reverse-engineering or analysis.
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Admittedly their system has been truly and utterly compromised.
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Each of the ECMs implemented on their system seems to have had
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minimal effect on the pirate smart card market. Some of the
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hackers have come up with the solution to the ECMs within a few
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minutes of their implementation. This did not look good for Sky
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and News Datacom.
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The theory on the new smart card was that it was to be launched in
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August with a complete switch-over occurring in November. The
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counsel for Sky in the Irish High Court stated that it would have
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been November before Sky could introduce a new smart card. This
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change of tack has been strange to say the least.
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The first hints that Sky were about to launch a new card issue
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filtered through in January. Some of the hacked channels were a
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bit more reassured. Perhaps soon their problems would be over.
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Among the hardest hit of these was TV Asia. The European market
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for this channel was being thoroughly being exploited. TV Asia are
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part of the Sky tier and have no separate card. While in some
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senses this is a sound economical move, it has tied them into the
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fate of the Sky channels. When Sky was hacked, TV Asia fell by
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default.
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The Adult Channel was also heavily affected by the piracy. Though
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the smart cards for this channel are legitimately available in the
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UK and Ireland for fifty pounds, the channel was still hacked. The
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programming on this channel is only "adult" by UK standards. In
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the rest of Europe, the channel is not considered to be hard core.
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As a result Red Hot Television had a ready market.
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The Adult Channel did however upgrade to a new card issue recently
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but the new code table was quickly established. It is perhaps the
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one channel that will continue to be hacked despite a new 09 Sky
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smart card. The reason is that the Adult Channel uses a different
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smart card.
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The new 09 smart card has apparently been in production since
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November or so of last year. The problem with piracy has been
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brought home to Sky with their defeat in the Irish High Court. The
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path of action does somehow seem muddled in light of the new card
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release. If they were going to bring out a new card issue was it
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really worth the risk of losing money and credibility in doing
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battle in the courts?
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France Telecom Wins Injunction Against Megasat In Germany
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France Telecom took legal action against hacker smart card
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manufacturers, Megasat. The court hearing was held on Wednesday
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March 16th and was over in about half an hour. The decision of the
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court was questionable. According to some sources France Telecom
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based their claim on the fact that a number in their smart cards
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had been partially found in the Megasat card.
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The number apparently was a number that was not yet used in the
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D2-MAC EuroCrypt system. Therefore France Telecom drew the
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conclusion that the Megasat card had infringed the copyright of
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their smart card program. However it was not that simple.
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Apparently France Telecom had been working hard to get the
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software in the Megasat card dumped. Again according to sources,
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they had only found half of their number. Strangely the court
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ruled in France Telecom's favour.
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This injunction that the court granted stops Megasat in trading in
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D2-MAC cards until the case comes to trial. However the main
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market for Megasat is in the Sky cards.
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This decision is a somewhat hollow victory for France Telecom.
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There are other manufacturers of hacker D2-MAC cards. The market
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is presently so unsettled that if France Telecom go after other
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manufacturers there may be a tactical release. The term is from
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Nuclear War theory and the effect on D2-MAC would be similar. the
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software for the hack may be released on to bulletin boards all
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over Europe.
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Canal Plus ECM Successful
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In a bid to stem the flow of piracy on their channels, Canal Plus
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implemented an electronic countermeasure. The effect on the
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growing hacker smart card market has been devastating. The ECM
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apparently affected all makes of hacker smart cards.
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The prime reason for the popularity of Canal Plus among English
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speaking viewers is not that they want to learn to speak French.
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The prime reason is that Canal Plus screens hard core porn. It
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would appear that the Adult Channel is not hard core enough.
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The EuroCrypt-M system as used by Canal Plus, FilmNet and TV1000
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is more complex and more upgradable than VideoCrypt. Perhaps as a
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direct result of this complexity, the chip used for the hacker
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cards is the PIC16C57. The PIC16C57 is a One Time Programmable
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version and when there is an ECM, the chip is binned. The chip
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also has a greater memory capacity than the PIC16C54.
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New Hacker Smart Card Deals With ECMs
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The latest Hacker smart card from Satellite Decoding Systems for
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the VideoCrypt system will cope with all of the known ECMs. It
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includes a touch sensitive pad which allows the card to step
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through the ECMs. The name for the new card is the Magic Touch.
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Some hackers have called it "Digital Democracy" as they say it is
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giving the finger to Sky.
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Naturally Sky and News Datacom will not appreciate this new
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device. Though the 09 smart cards are still being launched, this
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new hacker card is reprogrammable.
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Satellite Decoding Systems have been selling a large number of
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smart cards in Ireland and Europe since winning the Irish court
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case. In December it was estimated that Sky had some 15,000 Irish
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subscribers. This figure would have halved by now as more people
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are moving towards the hacker cards.
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Black Book 4 To Be Published In April
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In late April, the fourth Black Book will be published. The Black
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Book is also known as European Scrambling Systems. It is the bible
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of the Blackbox Industry.
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The new version concentrates on the smart card hacks and how they
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operate. Details of smart cards and computer monitoring circuitry
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are provided. The majority of the systems in Europe are now
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hacked. Perhaps more importantly it shows how the present hacks
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will develop in the near future.
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The chapter on cryptology has been expanded to cover message
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digests, hash functions and one way functions. The Fiat Shamir
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Zero Knowledge Test, allegedly used in VideoCrypt is fully
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explained. Details of how crypto systems are hacked are also dealt
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with in detail. In the Irish High Court, Sky and News Datacom
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claimed that they had developed a one way function. This chapter
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examines that claim and shows both how a one way function works
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and how a crypto system based on a one way function would operate.
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The price is 29 Irish pounds including postage in Ireland and the
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UK. (Europe 32 pounds including postage) Orders received before
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the 22nd of April publication date can avail of the prepublication
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price of 25 Irish pounds. (Ireland, Uk and Europe).
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