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Falun Gong Hacks Chinese Satellite

maetenloch writes: "Last week Falun Gong hackers in China were able to briefly take over the Sinosat-1 satellite and broadcast a banner for several minutes on all channels of China Central Television. This was apparently repeated several time on different channels on Sunday but so far the Chinese government has imposed a news blackout on the incident. However thanks to the Internet and the millions of witnesses, word has leaked out. Surprisingly, security on satellites can be very weak - often transponders are left on when not active and will continue to rebroadcast whatever is beamed at them. It's believed that Falun Gong used a 3 meter dish antenna mounted on a vehicle to overpower the government's uplink signal. This is not the only time that satellite signals have been hacked - there was the famous 'Captain Midnight' incident in 1986 and it's believed that Iraq has been attacking Kurdish satellite tv channels for several years. Hackers have even (discreetly) made use of the U.S. Navy's FleetSatCom satellites."

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  1. What's the point of this? by Win-Developer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't understand why someone would hack into a satellite and disrupt broadcasting other than to say "Ha we're more l33t than the goverment!"

    Of course I never understood why people feel the need to comprimise system security "for the good of all people"

  2. Re:Reminds me of that scene in Hackers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ying tong diddle i po and special flied lice. You have horse any yes? YES?

  3. Not a slashdotter by Myshkin · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Obviously this was not done by anyone that would regularly visit slashdot, because clearly any self-respecting slashdotter would have used this precious broadcasting time to make a plea to Natalie Portman to go out on a date with them.

  4. Re:An analogy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You could always just play "baseball" instead.

  5. Do not feed the trolls by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do NOT feed the trolls.
    D0 N0T FEED THE TR0LLS, OK?

    (hehe snuck the yelling past the lameness filter)

  6. Re:An analogy by Goonie · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Nope, you're all forced to play "cricket".

    MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

    --

    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo
    --Andy Finkel (J. Klass?)
  7. Re:Linux is Dead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PWPs are dead, too.

  8. Should of Used Opensource Firewall by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  9. Obligatory by makapuf · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    all your sats are belong to us !

  10. Re:Right....And dont forget to take your Prozac! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, have a nice life in the mental asylum...you may want some LSD while your at it...so you talk to yourself and see how much of a nutcase you really are! hey, you may even be schizo! Assuming that, I have a few questions for you:

    1. Do you believe there's a microchip in George W. bush's brain?

    2. Do you believe the are aliens in roswell trying to stalk you?

    3. Do you believe consuming Milky Way candy bars will hook you up to a military sattelite?

  11. I TAKE PROZAC, AND HENCEFORTH TELL YOU TO FUCK OFF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How dare you doubt the word of an obvious patriot?

  12. And therefore...you're a nut that belongs in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...a mental asylum, where you can be locked up and silenced 24/7! You may also need to take a truckload Ritalin along with that Prozac AND LSD! Wouldn't you just love to talk to your beloved Osama? (Psychadelic colors included!) How about Mohammad Atta? Happy trippin', and don't forget to reduce your IQ to the level of a potato in the process!

    1. Re:And therefore...you're a nut that belongs in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      ...a mental asylum, where you can be locked up and silenced 24/7! You may also need to take a truckload Ritalin along with that Prozac AND LSD! Wouldn't you just love to talk to your beloved Osama? (Psychadelic colors included!) How about Mohammad Atta? Happy trippin', and don't forget to reduce your IQ to the level of a potato in the process!


      You're telling us all rather too much about your own fantasies, I think.

    2. Re:And therefore...you're a nut that belongs in... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      No, it's that schizo nutcases like you have these experiences when given LSD. Its a fact. Since you qualify as a schizo nutcase, try it for yourself and see the results!

  13. He doesnt need to-he already has an IQ of a potato by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He's obviously been living under a rock. That plane was downed by the terrorists. You're right, he really is a nutcase! Have a happy life at the mental asylum, freak.

  14. Re: Prozac...In the words of Nelson from Simpsons by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HA HA!

  15. Obligatory.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YHBT. HAND. Bye bye. :o)

  16. Re:I TAKE PROZAC, AND HENCEFORTH TELL YOU TO FUCK by DigitalHammer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I TAKE PROZAC...

    Ha ha! I suppose THAT's what caused you to write your original post in the first place! Obviously the recommended dosage wasn't enough...You need to step up the intake of those smile pills, freak.

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  18. Re:I TAKE PROZAC, AND HENCEFORTH TELL YOU TO FUCK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Uh.. Prozac isn't subscribed to Bipolar patients if at all possible. I think you're thinking of Lithium, maybe.