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The Viasat hack was a cyberattack against the satellite internet system of American communications company Viasat which affected their KA-SAT network. The hack happened on the day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine .
The first DEF CON hacking conference takes place in Las Vegas. The conference is meant to be a one-time party to say good-bye to BBSs (now replaced by the Web), but the gathering was so popular it became an annual event. AOL gives its users access to Usenet, precipitating Eternal September.
Thomas Haynie, an employee of the Christian Broadcasting Network, was convicted of satellite piracy in connection with the incident. [7] Haynie, who pleaded his innocence, [8] was the first person convicted under a new federal law which had made satellite hacking a felony following the Captain Midnight incident. [9]
Captain Midnight Message seen in 1986, as superimposed on the SMPTE color bars Date April 27, 1986 ; 38 years ago (1986-04-27) Time 00:32 EST (05:32 UTC) Duration Four and a half minutes Location Ocala, Florida, U.S. Type Broadcast signal intrusion Motive To protest against charges for access to scrambled satellite channels Target Home Box Office (HBO) Participants John R. MacDougall Outcome ...
DEF CON was not included in the sale. In 2018 Jeff launched the first DEF CON hacker convention outside of the United States. Holding the same name DEF CON China was hosted in Beijing, China and co-hosted by Baidu. [5] The first year of DEF CON China was labeled a [Beta] year, and in 2019 they formalized the conference with DEF CON China 1.0. [6]
In September 2023, it achieved a 14-Mbps data stream on the BW3 satellite. A year later, in September 2024, the company launched five additional satellites, BlueBird 1 through 5.
On August 27, 2024, The Washington Post reported that at least 2 major internet service providers in the United States had been compromised by Chinese hackers. [1] It was later reported that the hackers affected at least nine telecommunications firms in the U.S., including AT&T, Verizon, Lumen Technologies, and T-Mobile, and had also affected dozens of other countries.
The daughter of Bob Lee, the tech executive whose fatal stabbing nearly two years ago sent shock waves through Silicon Valley and stoked debate about violent crime in San Francisco, said she felt ...