29-01-2024, 10:09 AM
BISS used to be hard enough to crack that it would take longer to bruteforce the key than the length of the event (eg a football match) itself. With the improvements in CPUs - and also availability of decent GPUs - there are people who will crack the BISS-1 code for transmissions and post them on Twitter well in time for kick-off.
BISS-1 and BISS-E are still widely used, but higher value content often uses encryption techniques with rotating keys, or with the receiver's unique ID as part of the key.
BISS-1 and BISS-E are still widely used, but higher value content often uses encryption techniques with rotating keys, or with the receiver's unique ID as part of the key.