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NDS accused of Nagra hacks |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 20 February 2008 |
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| NDS is facing a new lawsuit, because of their alleged involvement in the (recent) Nagra hacks. |
NDS Group, the Israeli-based company that makes the smartcards that secure Rupert Murdoch's global satellite network (Sky UK Italia for example) is facing a $US1 billion damages claim over allegations it operated a worldwide conspiracy to leak the trade secrets of rivals & clients.
In the current case, US broadcaster EchoStar Satellite Corp & NagraStar, the NDS rival that makes EchoStar's smartcards, are claiming that NDS, overwhelmed by piracy that threatened to destroy its business in the 1990s, instead turned its covert network against rival broadcasters, like Canal+ (Seca/Mediaguard encryption) Recently a German hacker has been arrested who is accused of hacking/distributing the Nagravision encryption. It's still not sure if he's involved with NDS. The Nagra encryption he hacked is used by German satellite provider Premiere.
The NDS encryption is still the most secure encryption, regarding smartcards, because it's still not hacked after it's 1st implementation. Nowadays it's possible to share NDS cards tough, through cardsharing. But this is still limited to only a small cardsharing network, because of the complexity of this encryption.
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