View Full Version : Wrong content on channels from 119-110 (was Major hacker attack?)
samhevener
08-10-10, 04:46 AM
At 6:30 this morning my 322 receiver with the 250 channel service is being hacked. Half the channels including TMC, Fox movies, Fox news, CNN news and many others are broadcasting Muslim programming in their language. This looks like it may be a major hacker attack. Or is just my receiver
ratfink
08-10-10, 04:55 AM
me too.
109 LMN = ETV Arabic channel
James Long
08-10-10, 04:59 AM
Western arc MPEG2 channels ... The EA HD seems to be OK.
CNN just came back on WA.
I'd guess that there is some switching problem at DISH ... the "CNN Enhanced" banner appeared over the foreign programming when I tuned over.
James Long
08-10-10, 05:11 AM
Western arc MPEG2 channels ... The EA HD seems to be OK.Clarification ... I meant to say EA SD was fine.
There are a lot of channels out of place. Some black, some showing the DISH logo. Speed is showing a slate confirming PPV Sporting event purchases. No "porn on the kiddy channels" so I suspect that when DISH sorts this out it will be a simple oops.
I'm seeing some of the channels come back as I'm flipping through to see the errors.
Clarification ... I meant to say EA SD was fine.
There are a lot of channels out of place. Some black, some showing the DISH logo. Speed is showing a slate confirming PPV Sporting event purchases. No "porn on the kiddy channels" so I suspect that when DISH sorts this out it will be a simple oops.
I'm seeing some of the channels come back as I'm flipping through to see the errors.
How did this all end up and any word from Dish Network?
satexplorer
08-10-10, 05:24 AM
Russians have taken over 110. Aliens spaceship flew by. Solar flares have gone crazy. Did someone wish a shooting star. Arabs, Indians and Chinese jammed us...oh my! :lol:
James Long
08-10-10, 05:26 AM
Russians have taken over 110. Aliens spaceship flew by. Solar flares have gone crazy. Did someone wish a shooting star. Arabs, Indians and Chinese jammed us...oh my! :lol:The affected channels are on 119. :)
satexplorer
08-10-10, 05:31 AM
7:05AM ET channels affected were 137, 138, 200, 205, 222 and 314. Maybe some more? A&E is out cold.
jimmie57
08-10-10, 05:38 AM
At 6:30 this morning my 322 receiver with the 250 channel service is being hacked. Half the channels including TMC, Fox movies, Fox news, CNN news and many others are broadcasting Muslim programming in their language. This looks like it may be a major hacker attack. Or is just my receiver
My friend called me just now and was asking me what was going on.
She reported this same problem to me.
She is on hold on the phone with Dish to find out what is happening.
I just checked my SD and HD channels of the same titles, etc. on DirecTV and those channels are what they are supposed to be.
My friend called me just now and was asking me what was going on.
She reported this same problem to me.
She is on hold on the phone with Dish to find out what is happening.
JIMMIE WAKE UP!!! My TV's broke! :lol:
satexplorer
08-10-10, 05:41 AM
They have invaded us...No!
jimmie57
08-10-10, 05:44 AM
JIMMIE WAKE UP!!! My TV's broke! :lol:
That is exactly what happened. She calls me every time she has a problem with her TV or her computer.
satexplorer
08-10-10, 05:45 AM
That is exactly what happened. She calls me every time she has a problem with her TV or her computer.
Arabs have taken over Boomerang. Come on where is Top Cat?
That is exactly what happened. She calls me every time she has a problem with her TV or her computer.
If they don't find ya handsome they should at least find ya handy!
jimmie57
08-10-10, 05:47 AM
If they don't find ya handsome they should at least find ya handy!
Not handsome for sure. I will be 67 in a couple of weeks.
If this is not fixed in the next hour my neighbor that has dish will be calling me also.
satexplorer
08-10-10, 05:50 AM
Techs look distracted. Channel mapping at DISH's convenience. Hindi film on a premium channel.
IndyTim
08-10-10, 06:09 AM
What's the frequency, Kenneth?
Davenlr
08-10-10, 06:24 AM
I guess they can add all these new channels to their HD channel count eh?
I guess they can add all these new channels to their HD channel count eh?
:rolling: :rolling: :rolling:
Blowgun
08-10-10, 06:41 AM
She is on hold on the phone with Dish to find out what is happening.
Any word on what happened?
HBOCY seems to be showing Pakistani TV and it's not funny. :)
DISH could use a "What the heck is going on" channel.
Kent Taylor
08-10-10, 06:55 AM
Preferably in English. :)
Blowgun
08-10-10, 06:57 AM
Preferably in English. :)
Half and half. I'm sure the non-English part is hilarious as that's when they are laughing. :)
Either that, or it's the Pakistani version of the movie "The Apartment". Although, that's not Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine.
BTW, the new subject for this thread of "Wrong content on channels from 119" is not totally accurate. HBOCY is on 110° and it's still showing PTV which is on 118°.
MysteryMan
08-10-10, 07:04 AM
:nono2:...Another reason why I have DirecTV.
I have that problem too, I saw the TV5Monde, some west coast Japanese Channel, and various international programming. I just figured that the switching is wrong. Also I didn't know that DISH had Cbeebbies. That channel wasn't in English.
James Long
08-10-10, 08:02 AM
:nono2:...Another reason why I have DirecTV.Right ... because DirecTV has never messed up and done something like send an EPG that corrupts receivers requiring forced reboots. :rolleyes:
I don't recall this particular error happening before. If you can point to a date when it has, please post.
ratfink
08-10-10, 08:06 AM
my content has been restored.
MysteryMan
08-10-10, 08:17 AM
Right ... because DirecTV has never messed up and done something like send an EPG that corrupts receivers requiring forced reboots. :rolleyes:
I don't recall this particular error happening before. If you can point to a date when it has, please post.
DirecTV has had their "quirks" but I'll take a forced reboot any day of the week over what happened with DISH this morning.
James Long
08-10-10, 08:24 AM
DirecTV has had their "quirks" but I'll take a forced reboot any day of the week over what happened with DISH this morning.So you have no reference for it ever happening before?
With the forced reboots people lost timers and content on all channels, HD and SD. Including people who had done the repair themselves and were forced through another reboot regardless of the fact their receiver was working. This morning's event was wrong content on SD channels on Western Arc. This did not affect HD channels or Eastern Arc customers and DISH was able to restore channels quickly without shutting down people's receivers completely.
MCSuckaDJ
08-10-10, 08:38 AM
I don't recall this particular error happening before. If you can point to a date when it has, please post.
It has happened once before, but I can't remember exactly when. 2005 or 2006; an errant encoder swapped Fox News with Al Jazeera for about 45 seconds.
And just like now, everyone automatically assumed terrorist attack.
At 6:30 this morning my 322 receiver with the 250 channel service is being hacked. Half the channels including TMC, Fox movies, Fox news, CNN news and many others are broadcasting Muslim programming in their language. This looks like it may be a major hacker attack. Or is just my receiver
One more old Geezer who remembers WABD CH 5 @ 515 Madison Ave NYC & Ted Steel at 12 noon when they went full daytime shows :lol:
MysteryMan
08-10-10, 08:40 AM
So you have no reference for it ever happening before?
With the forced reboots people lost timers and content on all channels, HD and SD. Including people who had done the repair themselves and were forced through another reboot regardless of the fact their receiver was working. This morning's event was wrong content on SD channels on Western Arc. This did not affect HD channels or Eastern Arc customers and DISH was able to restore channels quickly without shutting down people's receivers completely.
Given the fact that we are at war with muslim fanatics, American soldiers being wounded and killed as well as innocent American civilans and other nationals this morning's "incident" with DISH does not make good PR no matter how brief the error. The psycholgical impact outways any technical content error.
It has happened once before, but I can't remember exactly when. 2005 or 2006; an errant encoder swapped Fox News with Al Jazeera for about 45 seconds.
And just like now, everyone automatically assumed terrorist attack.
It looks like only you assumed that.... so all hackers are terrorists now?
lparsons21
08-10-10, 08:45 AM
Given the fact that we are at war with muslim fanatics, American soldiers being wounded and killed as well as innocent American civilans and other nationals this morning's "incident" with DISH does not make good PR no matter how brief the error. The psycholgical impact outways any technical content error.
...and the black helicopters are circling...
Chihuahua
08-10-10, 08:49 AM
In place of CNBC World on Channel 207, I'm currently picking up, in Portuguese, Benfica TV, which I think, is the official TV channel of the Lisbon-based SL Benfica soccer club.
sigma1914
08-10-10, 08:51 AM
Given the fact that we are at war with muslim fanatics, American soldiers being wounded and killed as well as innocent American civilans and other nationals this morning's "incident" with DISH does not make good PR no matter how brief the error. The psycholgical impact outways any technical content error.
So they throw in Hindu & Portuguese channels, too, for the heck of it? :rolleyes:
MysteryMan
08-10-10, 08:51 AM
...and the black helicopters are circling...
Not stating a terriorist attack or conspiracy. Just saying this morning's incident will not be good PR for DISH.
MarcusInMD
08-10-10, 08:58 AM
Not stating a terriorist attack or conspiracy. Just saying this morning's incident will not be good PR for DISH.
I am glad I dumped indirecttv years ago for better picture quality and better receivers.
MysteryMan
08-10-10, 09:01 AM
I am glad I dumped indirecttv years ago for better picture quality and better receivers.
Am glad you are happy with DISH. I am happy with DirecTV.
Am glad you are happy with DISH. I am happy with DirecTV.And I am so glad you guys are happy. :D
samhevener
08-10-10, 09:30 AM
So you have no reference for it ever happening before?
With the forced reboots people lost timers and content on all channels, HD and SD. Including people who had done the repair themselves and were forced through another reboot regardless of the fact their receiver was working. This morning's event was wrong content on SD channels on Western Arc. This did not affect HD channels or Eastern Arc customers and DISH was able to restore channels quickly without shutting down people's receivers completely.
James: I am the one who started the thread at 6:30 this morning. Many many channels were incorrect. I'm located in Akron, Ohio, isn't that eastern arc SD channels? I receive all my channels on 61.5, 110 and 119. I always thought I was in the east. We are on Eastern Time.
James Long
08-10-10, 09:46 AM
Given the fact that we are at war with muslim fanatics, American soldiers being wounded and killed as well as innocent American civilans and other nationals this morning's "incident" with DISH does not make good PR no matter how brief the error. The psycholgical impact outways any technical content error.We're not going there ... and I doubt rational DISH Network customers would do so.
James Long
08-10-10, 09:49 AM
James: I am the one who started the thread at 6:30 this morning. Many many channels were incorrect. I'm located in Akron, Ohio, isn't that eastern arc SD channels? I receive all my channels on 61.5, 110 and 119. I always thought I was in the east. We are on Eastern Time.Eastern Arc is 61.5, 72.7 and 77 with the SD channels on 72.7. You get your SD channels from the Western Arc (119-110-129 if a complete arc).
For locals your SD channels are on 110 with HD on 129. Your market also has HD and SD locals on 61.5.
samhevener
08-10-10, 09:53 AM
Eastern Arc is 61.5, 72.7 and 77 with the SD channels on 72.7. You get your SD channels from the Western Arc (119-110-129 if a complete arc).
For locals your SD channels are on 110 with HD on 129. Your market also has HD and SD locals on 61.5.
Thanks, James for setting me straight. I'm just a novice viewer.
James Long
08-10-10, 09:56 AM
Not stating a terriorist attack or conspiracy. Just saying this morning's incident will not be good PR for DISH.I'd be surprised if any media picked it up ... this wasn't delivering porn to children.
sigma1914
08-10-10, 11:19 AM
I'd be surprised if any media picked it up ... this wasn't delivering porn to children.
Surprise! http://www.ky3.com/news/local/Viewers-report-foreign-languages-on-Dish-Network-100338464.html
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Viewers are calling the KY3 Newsroom and posting information on our KY3 Ozarks Today Facebook page about getting the wrong channels on Dish Network on Tuesday morning. Some of the channels are apparently in Chinese, Arabic and other languages.
MysteryMan
08-10-10, 11:43 AM
You were saying James...
Surprise! http://www.ky3.com/news/local/Viewers-report-foreign-languages-on-Dish-Network-100338464.html Just like them hillbillies: outhouse door stops workin'-call the TV stayshin, raydeeo stops workin'-call the TV stayshin, saddleite dish stops workin'-call the TV stayshin. :rolleyes:
I'm from Missouri, and yes they are hillbillies - and I mean that in the nicest possible way. :D
tsmacro
08-10-10, 12:03 PM
Sheesh, sorry I missed it, sounded like a cool way to check out a bunch of international channels for free! :D
MCSuckaDJ
08-10-10, 12:21 PM
Just like them hillbillies: outhouse door stops workin'-call the TV stayshin, raydeeo stops workin'-call the TV stayshin, saddleite dish stops workin'-call the TV stayshin. :rolleyes:
I'm from Missouri, and yes they are hillbillies - and I mean that in the nicest possible way. :D
Well, at least they didn't call the FBI this time.
RMichals
08-10-10, 01:44 PM
from http://www.ky3.com/news/local/Viewers-report-foreign-languages-on-Dish-Network-100338464.html
“Starting at approximately 3:30 a.m. MDT, satellite uplink provider, EchoStar, experienced an equipment failure associated with a primary video router located at its uplink facility in Wyoming, which caused a portion of DISH Network’s standard definition channels to default to a variety of international channels. EchoStar identified the failure and restored service by 7 a.m. MDT. Local TV channels and high definition channels were not affected.”
James Long
08-10-10, 03:51 PM
You were saying James...I'm surprised ...
I expected satellite media to say something but this one local station actually noticed!
samhevener
08-11-10, 02:31 AM
from http://www.ky3.com/news/local/Viewers-report-foreign-languages-on-Dish-Network-100338464.html
“Starting at approximately 3:30 a.m. MDT, satellite uplink provider, EchoStar, experienced an equipment failure associated with a primary video router located at its uplink facility in Wyoming, which caused a portion of DISH Network’s standard definition channels to default to a variety of international channels. EchoStar identified the failure and restored service by 7 a.m. MDT. Local TV channels and high definition channels were not affected.”
Viewing international channels is better than viewing a blank screen but what a way to wake up in the morning.
lparsons21
08-11-10, 06:48 AM
Think of it as a free preview of internationals! :)
samhevener
08-11-10, 08:57 AM
:lol: Our local channel 19 WOIO here in Cleveland had a little teaser about satellite TV subscribers being upset. I assumed it would be about Dish and this screwup. After the ton of commericals, the story had to do with the many thousands of Direct TV subscribers that are reciving bills twice as high as expected with extra charges, etc. I quess several states are looking into it. Dish lives!
James Long
08-11-10, 09:16 AM
:lol: Our local channel 19 WOIO here in Cleveland had a little teaser about satellite TV subscribers being upset. I assumed it would be about Dish and this screwup. After the ton of commericals, the story had to do with the many thousands of Direct TV subscribers that are reciving bills twice as high as expected with extra charges, etc. I quess several states are looking into it. Dish lives!There is a thread in the general satellite forum: Miami-Dade sues DIRECTV (http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=182035) from over a week ago.
phrelin
08-11-10, 11:33 AM
!rolling
This is absolutely one of the funniest threads I've seen here. Thanks for the humor, folks.
I suppose for the tech trying to fix whatever went wrong, it wasn't funny.:eek2:
Ohioankev
08-12-10, 02:51 PM
Reminds me of the time I turned it to Nicktoons channel surfing and there was an NHL hockey game on around 8 in the morning (which was weird b/c they don't even show replays then) The strange thing about this was the Nicktoons logo was still on the corner of the screen and I broke out in laughter when they started airing a commercial for beer with the Nicktoons logo still in place. Great stuff.
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