News Corp. used to have a 39 percent stake in DirecTV and still provides security tech. Dish Network says it hired hacker Christopher Tarnovsky to break into its network, steal the security codes, and use them to make pirated cards to flood the black market. He admitted in court he was paid James Bond villain style, with $20,000 cash payments mailed from Canada hidden inside electronic devices. Another hacker claims he bragged about using the “stinger” to reprogram a bunch of Dish’s cards.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/news-corp-hires-hacker-to-break-into-dish-satellite-ne-383753