Vs is done!

[mexsinsemilla]

For Immediate Release
October 23, 2009 United States Attorney's Office
Southern District of California
Contact: (619) 557-5610
Three Plead Guilty to Violating Digital Millennium Copyright Act

United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced that Jung Kwak, 33, also known as “Mr. Viewsat,” of Oceanside, California, Phillip Allison, 35, also known as “thebroken,” and Robert Ward, 54, also known as “TDG” and as “thedssguy,” both of Seminole, Florida, have tendered pleas of guilty to conspiring to violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The three defendants were charged in a one-count indictment handed up by a federal grand jury sitting in San Diego on July 9, 2009.

In connection with their guilty pleas, the defendants admitted that beginning in or about March 2008, they determined to hire computer ****ers to break the latest DISH ******* encryption scheme, known as Nagra 3, so that the line of satellite receiver boxes sold by defendant Kwak would continue to have a market. According to the indictment, and in connection with their guilty pleas, the defendants admitted that Mr. Kwak owns and operates Viewtech, Inc., in Oceanside, California. Viewtech imports “free-to-air” or “FTA” satellite receiver boxes and sells them to the public through a ******* of retailers under the brand name “Viewsat.” According to the indictment, there is a limited amount of free programming available by satellite to owners of FTA receiver boxes, much of it consisting of ethnic and religious programming in numerous languages. Yet, millions of Viewsat FTA boxes have been sold to the public. The popularity of FTA boxes is due to the fact that they are designed to make it a simple process for a purchaser to obtain subscription-based satellite television, such as that offered by ****star’s DISH *******, for free. DISH ******* licenses copyrighted works from the copyright holders, encrypts the signal, and sells the right to view to DISH subscribers. Subscribers to DISH ******* programming obtain from DISH a “***** card,” which is inserted into a DISH satellite receiver box. The ***** card decrypts the programming that the subscriber is authorized to view. Over the years, DISH has changed its encryption algorithms and employed other countermeasures to attempt to defeat theft of its signal. To illegally decrypt the DISH signal, the FTA boxes must appear to have DISH ***** cards. That is done by reverse-engineering DISH ***** cards and creating computer code which, when downloaded to an appropriate FTA box, will emulate the existence of a ***** card and trick the system. In the past, as DISH encryption and countermeasures were defeated, the code has been posted on the Internet and made available for download to anyone.

In the late fall of 2007, DISH announced that it had created a new encryption scheme and would start shipping new ***** cards to its customers. As the new encryption scheme was deployed, owners of FTA boxes would no longer be able to view DISH programming without a subscription, and sellers of FTA boxes would lose their market.

The defendants admitted in their plea that Mr. Kwak authorized Messrs. Allison and Ward to locate persons to work on cracking Nagra 3. Mr. Kwak agreed to provide funding and a substantial reward for success. Messrs. Allison and Ward admitted that they solicited a third party to join the scheme. Mr. Allison admitted purchasing a specialized microscope to be used in dissecting and analyzing ***** cards for the third party and was reimbursed by Mr. Kwak. Mr. Kwak admitted meeting with and paying $20,000 in cash to the third party for photographs of a dissected ***** card purported to be a Nagra 3 card. Mr. Kwak also admitted that he offered a reward of $250,000 if the EPROM (eraseable programmable read-only memory) for the Nagra 3 card could be obtained.

The defendants tendered their guilty pleas before United States Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia, subject to final acceptance of the pleas by United States District Judge Janis L. Sammartino on January 22, 2010, at 9:00 a.m.

This case was investigated by Special Agents of the Cybersquad of Federal Bureau of Investigation in San Diego.

DEFENDANTS Case Number: 09cr2646 -JLS
Jung Kwak Oceanside, California Age: 33
Phillip Allison Seminole, Florida Age: 35
Robert Ward Seminole, Florida Age: 54

[joker78]

this is not good for people with VS boxes.

[mexsinsemilla]

i got it from a good site bro search for it

[martygryck]

Sounds to me like a load of kwak!!!!
More rumours.

[pakirebel]

If True, Viewsat Era Ends


Quote:

Three Plead Guilty in Satellite TV Hacking Case

Three men indicted on a single count of violating the federal copyright law pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Anthony Battaglia Oct. 23.

According to federal prosecutors, the defendants, Jung Kwak of Oceanside, and Phillip Allison and Robert Ward, both of Seminole, Fla., admitted that beginning in March 2008 they hired computer hackers to break the latest Dish Network encryption design so that the line of satellite receiver boxes sold by Kwak would continue to have a market.

Kwak is the owner of Viewtech, an importer of the satellite boxes that allow users to obtain a limited amount of free programming, most of it consisting of ethnic and religious programs. But by reverse engineering smart cards provided by Dish, the boxes could obtain more signals illegally, prosecutors said.

By late 2007, Dish created a new encryption scheme that would prevent the boxes from gaining access to the signal without purchasing a subscription, prosecutors said.

In his pleading, Kwak admitted meeting and paying $20,000 in cash to another person to dissect the Dish smart card. Kwak also admitted he offered a $250,000 reward to hackers to obtain the latest Dish smart card, according to federal prosecutors.

The three defendants face maximum prison time of five years and $250,000 in fines at their scheduled sentencing on Jan. 22.

— Mike Allen

Source:
San Diego Business Journal Online - business news for San Diego, California

[mexsinsemilla]

Federal Bureau of Investigation - The San Diego Division: Department of Justice Press Release
her you go mister kqak

[myxlplk009]

just so people don't get confused, viewtech is an importer of viewsat receivers not the manufacturer. kwak owned viewtech not viewsat. i can't wait to see how this gets twisted and mutilated.

[steven charles]

that,s the reason i think never come up with a fix for n3 and i doubt sonicview is working on a standalone fix too so that leaves the other boxes and i doubt we see a fix on standalone receivers anytime soon so that only leaves true fta and iks so mine for now was a sub for awhile but who knows i must just suscribe to comcast internet and hook up my solaris in the future so people you got a choice so make it wiselly and godbless.

[steven charles]

sorry forgot to put viewsat on the first post.so thanks and godbless.

[steven charles]

that,s the reason we ain,t seeing a fix for n3 any time soon people is time to move on your choice if you want to be hearing bs from some assbag that keep posting fake rumors is up to you if your hopes here but viewsat will sooner or later will file bankruptcy i sure is going to happen soon take care and godbless as for viewsat thanks for the free tv for the last couple a years and godbless us all here on this site and everywhere and thank you.

[buddyjh]

This needs to moved to the rumor section

[raray]

No N3 fix coming from VS at all!!!


Time to move on, or get a IKS system..

[buddyjh]

Originally Posted by buddyjh

This needs to moved to the rumor section

But maybe not

Federal Bureau of Investigation - The San Diego Division: Department of Justice Press Release

[jjw0782]

Sounds to me marty that you don't know anything about fta lol.

[sierra77]

Well there are still coders out there doing what they love to do and that is solve the puzzle, lot of other companys now will any of them try to step up and become the next viewsat,

[Mister_Viewsat]

This better be a joke!!!

[raray]

This is not a rumor!!!!!

Some people just can not let it go..

VS has gone the way of CS..

I am sure part of the plea deal., was that they have to shut it ALL down?

But some people will still say a N3 standalone fix from, VS and CS will be release next week!!!!!!!!

[kelvinn]

if everyone is being forced to IKS I guess the game is really over

[str2000]

and most of the new fake rumors is somone who just join this site
ever notice that lol

[raray]

Google DN piracy. And see for yourself!!

Or go to the FBI San Diego website