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Saturday, January 04, 2003
Encryption Trade Secret Bust Nets College Student - Roy Mark, Internet.com
Accused of stealing and distributing through the Internet secret documents related to DirecTV's latest anti-piracy technology, 19-year-old college student Igor Serebryany was arrested by the FBI in Los Angeles Thursday morning. Serebryany, who attends the University of Chicago but was in Los Angeles visiting his family, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. In a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Serebryany is accused of stealing trade secret information pertaining to DirecTV's latest and most sophisticated conditional access card. DirecTV invested more than $25 million to develop the latest generation access card with the assistance of its security venders.
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