SkyGrabber
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SkyGrabber is a software from the Russian company SkySoftware which accepts input from a digital satellite tuner card for hard drive recording.
DeveloperSkySoftware incl. Andrew Solonikov
Stable release
2.9.3
/ March 5, 2010
| SkyGrabber | |
|---|---|
| Developer | SkySoftware incl. Andrew Solonikov |
| Stable release | 2.9.3
/ March 5, 2010 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | English & Russian |
| Type | Computer surveillance/Packet analyzer |
| License | Shareware |
History
It was used by Iraqi insurgents from the group Kata'ib Hezbollah to intercept MQ-1 Predator drone video feeds, which were not encrypted.[1][2] The encryption for the feeds was removed for performance reasons.[3]
