SkyGrabber is a software from the Russian company SkySoftware which accepts input from a digital satellite tuner card for hard drive recording.
Developer(s) | SkySoftware incl. Andrew Solonikov |
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Stable release | 2.9.3
/ March 5, 2010 |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Available in | English & Russian |
Type | Computer surveillance/Packet analyzer |
License | Shareware |
Website | www.skygrabber.com |
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]
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