HACK THE, er… HEMISPHERE! How we (legally) broadcasted hacker content to all of North America (and beyond) using an end-of-life geosynchronous satellite

Presented at ShmooCon 2022 Rescheduled, March 25, 2022, 2:30 p.m. (15 minutes)

The Shadytel cabal had an unprecedented opportunity to legally uplink to and use a vacant transponder slot on a geostationary satellite about to be decommissioned. This talk will cover the tools we used (including the HackRF, GNU Radio, tsduck, Flussonic, OBS, and others) to convert an unused commercial uplink facility into the ultimate, legitimate information broadcast.


Presenters:

  • Karl Koscher / supersat as Karl Koscher
    Karl Koscher (@supersat) represents Shadytel which began as a phreaking group playing Fantasy Phone Company on Twitter that somehow got involved in offering real telecommunication services at various hacker events. From our humble beginnings offering GSM service and landlines to your tent, Shadytel is aggressively expanding to always be in your business, including Triple Play packages with dial-up IPv6 and ShadyTV. Our Shadytel Labs subsidiary is constantly seeking out new revenue opportunities through novel applications of technology, including new ways to switch and deliver phone service, new information services, and optimizing content delivery. At Shadytel, we’re not happy ‘til you’re not happy.

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