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Parliamentary Advisory Forum – eCrime February 2009

2Phillip Davies – Head of Intelligence & Investigations at Sky

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eCrime

• Sky landscape• eCrime• Our approach - Case studies

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Current consumer landscape

• Sky TV direct customers – over 9m• Cable Homes with Sky TV – over 4m• Total Sky homes 13m• Sky Broadband homes – nearly 2m• Sky Talk homes – 1.5m• Broadcaster – UK & the Republic of Ireland• Rights Holder – Sports, Movies• Internet Service Provider – Sky Broadband, Easynet & UK online• Telecommunications – Sky Talk• Manufacturer - Amstrad• Online business areas including 365 Media, Sky Bet & Sky Travel

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Security on and off line

• Our customers• Our staff• Our brand• Our products and content

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Our customers

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Our staff can be in high profile positions & can experience a disproportionate level of interest in websites, forums and in emails sent to them.Sky is a leading UK brand in over 1/3 of all UK households, both on and off line we work with others to protect the brand & our customers.

Our staff and brand

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Some of our online activity

•Sky TV – Conditional Access provider NDS•Sky Player - Digital Rights Management provider Microsoft•Sky Broadband security – McAfee•Piracy•Hacking•Illicit goods

Case study 1 – http://www.modshack.co.uk

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Case study 2 – Theft of signal live broadcast

Theft of UK TV signals, re broadcast live8 Websites hosted in Russian FederationFive key suspectsOne suspect hacked the routersFour suspects stole the signal and rebroadcast

globallyFinancial assets including houses in several EU

countriesSignificant assets identified as Proceeds of CrimeSuspects advertised – in-flight magazines, press &

media

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British Sky Broadcasting Group – Anti Piracy key memberships

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