# SkyGrabber

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{{Infobox software
| name                   = SkyGrabber
| logo                   =
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| author                 =
| developer              = SkySoftware incl. Andrew Solonikov
| released               =
| latest release version = 2.9.3
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|2010|3|5}}
| latest preview version =
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| programming language   =
| operating_system       = [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)
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| language               = [English](/source/English_language) & [Russian](/source/Russian_language)
| genre                  = [Computer surveillance](/source/Computer_surveillance)/[Packet analyzer](/source/Packet_analyzer)
| license                = [Shareware](/source/Shareware)
}}
'''SkyGrabber''' is a [software](/source/software) from the [Russia](/source/Russia)n company ''SkySoftware'' which accepts input from a digital satellite tuner card for hard drive recording.

==History==
It was used by [Iraqi insurgents](/source/Iraqi_insurgency_(Iraq_War)) from the group [Kata'ib Hezbollah](/source/Kata'ib_Hezbollah) to intercept [MQ-1 Predator](/source/MQ-1_Predator) [drone](/source/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle) video feeds, which were not encrypted.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB126102247889095011|title=Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones|last=Cole|first=Siobhan Gorman, Yochi J. Dreazen and August|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=18 December 2009 |access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/8419147.stm|title=Iraq rebels 'hack into US drones'|date=2009-12-17|newspaper=BBC|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref> The encryption for the feeds was removed for performance reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/17/drone.video.hacked/index.html|title=Iraqi insurgents hacked Predator drone feeds, U.S. official indicates - CNN.com|website=[CNN](/source/CNN) |access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Comparison of packet analyzers](/source/Comparison_of_packet_analyzers)
* [Satellite Internet access](/source/Satellite_Internet_access)

==References==
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Category:Computer surveillance
Category:Network analyzers

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