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Korea arrests CEO for adding DDoS feature to satellite receivers (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 month ago by General_Effort to c/technology
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[–] General_Effort 5 points 1 month ago

Satellite receiver usually means a thingy for receiving satellite TV. Receiver means that it only receives signals but cannot transmit any.

I assume that these are internet enabled. Maybe just for updates, or maybe to also do streaming. So, I take it to mean that they do the normal internet DDOS thing on the side, in a way that has nothing to do with satellites.